这适用于由句点分隔的任何长度的数字版本。只有当myVersion为>= minimumVersion时，它才返回true，假设版本1小于1.0，版本1.1小于1.1.0，以此类推。添加额外的条件应该相当简单，比如接受数字(只需转换为字符串)和十六进制，或者使分隔符动态(只需添加一个分隔符参数，然后将“。”替换为参数)

function versionCompare(myVersion, minimumVersion) {

    var v1 = myVersion.split("."), v2 = minimumVersion.split("."), minLength;   

    minLength= Math.min(v1.length, v2.length);

    for(i=0; i<minLength; i++) {
        if(Number(v1[i]) > Number(v2[i])) {
            return true;
        }
        if(Number(v1[i]) < Number(v2[i])) {
            return false;
        }           
    }

    return (v1.length >= v2.length);
}

下面是一些测试:

console.log(versionCompare("4.4.0","4.4.1"));
console.log(versionCompare("5.24","5.2"));
console.log(versionCompare("4.1","4.1.2"));
console.log(versionCompare("4.1.2","4.1"));
console.log(versionCompare("4.4.4.4","4.4.4.4.4"));
console.log(versionCompare("4.4.4.4.4.4","4.4.4.4.4"));
console.log(versionCompare("0","1"));
console.log(versionCompare("1","1"));
console.log(versionCompare("","1"));
console.log(versionCompare("10.0.1","10.1"));

这里有一个递归版本

function versionCompare(myVersion, minimumVersion) {
  return recursiveCompare(myVersion.split("."),minimumVersion.split("."),Math.min(myVersion.length, minimumVersion.length),0);
}

function recursiveCompare(v1, v2,minLength, index) {
  if(Number(v1[index]) < Number(v2[index])) {
    return false;
  }
  if(Number(v1[i]) < Number(v2[i])) {
    return true;
    }
  if(index === minLength) {
    return (v1.length >= v2.length);
  }
  return recursiveCompare(v1,v2,minLength,index+1);
}

例如，如果我们想检查当前jQuery版本是否小于1.8，如果version是"1.10.1"，parseFloat($.ui.version) < 1.8)将会给出错误的结果，因为parseFloat("1.10.1")返回1.1。 字符串比较也会出错，因为"1.8" < "1.10"的结果为false。

所以我们需要一个这样的测试

if(versionCompare($.ui.version, "1.8") < 0){
    alert("please update jQuery");
}

下面的函数可以正确地处理这个问题:

/** Compare two dotted version strings (like '10.2.3').
 * @returns {Integer} 0: v1 == v2, -1: v1 < v2, 1: v1 > v2
 */
function versionCompare(v1, v2) {
    var v1parts = ("" + v1).split("."),
        v2parts = ("" + v2).split("."),
        minLength = Math.min(v1parts.length, v2parts.length),
        p1, p2, i;
    // Compare tuple pair-by-pair. 
    for(i = 0; i < minLength; i++) {
        // Convert to integer if possible, because "8" > "10".
        p1 = parseInt(v1parts[i], 10);
        p2 = parseInt(v2parts[i], 10);
        if (isNaN(p1)){ p1 = v1parts[i]; } 
        if (isNaN(p2)){ p2 = v2parts[i]; } 
        if (p1 == p2) {
            continue;
        }else if (p1 > p2) {
            return 1;
        }else if (p1 < p2) {
            return -1;
        }
        // one operand is NaN
        return NaN;
    }
    // The longer tuple is always considered 'greater'
    if (v1parts.length === v2parts.length) {
        return 0;
    }
    return (v1parts.length < v2parts.length) ? -1 : 1;
}

下面是一些例子:

// compare dotted version strings
console.assert(versionCompare("1.8",      "1.8.1")    <   0);
console.assert(versionCompare("1.8.3",    "1.8.1")    >   0);
console.assert(versionCompare("1.8",      "1.10")     <   0);
console.assert(versionCompare("1.10.1",   "1.10.1")   === 0);
// Longer is considered 'greater'
console.assert(versionCompare("1.10.1.0", "1.10.1")   >   0);
console.assert(versionCompare("1.10.1",   "1.10.1.0") <   0);
// Strings pairs are accepted
console.assert(versionCompare("1.x",      "1.x")      === 0);
// Mixed int/string pairs return NaN
console.assert(isNaN(versionCompare("1.8", "1.x")));
//works with plain numbers
console.assert(versionCompare("4", 3)   >   0);

看到这里的现场示例和测试套件: http://jsfiddle.net/mar10/8KjvP/

semver

npm使用的语义版本解析器。

$ npm install semver

var semver = require('semver');

semver.diff('3.4.5', '4.3.7') //'major'
semver.diff('3.4.5', '3.3.7') //'minor'
semver.gte('3.4.8', '3.4.7') //true
semver.ltr('3.4.8', '3.4.7') //false

semver.valid('1.2.3') // '1.2.3'
semver.valid('a.b.c') // null
semver.clean(' =v1.2.3 ') // '1.2.3'
semver.satisfies('1.2.3', '1.x || >=2.5.0 || 5.0.0 - 7.2.3') // true
semver.gt('1.2.3', '9.8.7') // false
semver.lt('1.2.3', '9.8.7') // true

var versions = [ '1.2.3', '3.4.5', '1.0.2' ]
var max = versions.sort(semver.rcompare)[0]
var min = versions.sort(semver.compare)[0]
var max = semver.maxSatisfying(versions, '*')

语义版本控制链接:https://www.npmjs.com/package/semver#prerelease-identifiers

摘自http://java.com/js/deployJava.js:

    // return true if 'installed' (considered as a JRE version string) is
    // greater than or equal to 'required' (again, a JRE version string).
    compareVersions: function (installed, required) {

        var a = installed.split('.');
        var b = required.split('.');

        for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
            a[i] = Number(a[i]);
        }
        for (var i = 0; i < b.length; ++i) {
            b[i] = Number(b[i]);
        }
        if (a.length == 2) {
            a[2] = 0;
        }

        if (a[0] > b[0]) return true;
        if (a[0] < b[0]) return false;

        if (a[1] > b[1]) return true;
        if (a[1] < b[1]) return false;

        if (a[2] > b[2]) return true;
        if (a[2] < b[2]) return false;

        return true;
    }

如果两个版本相等，函数将返回-1，如果第一个版本是最新版本，则返回0，而1表示第二个版本是最新版本。

let v1 = '12.0.1.0'
let v2 = '12.0.1'

let temp1 = v1.split('.');
let temp2 = v2.split('.');

console.log(compareVersion(temp1, temp2))


function compareVersion(version1, version2) {
    let flag = false;
    var compareResult;
    let maxLength = Math.max(version1.length, version2.length); 
    let minLength = Math.min(version1.length, version2.length);

    for (let i = 0; i < maxLength; ++i ) {
        let result = version1[i] - version2[i];
        if (result > 0) {
            flag = true;
            compareResult = 0;
            break;
        }
        else if (result < 0) {
            flag = true;
            compareResult = 1;
            break;
        }

        if (i === minLength) {
            if (version1.length > version1.length) {
                compareResult = version1[version1.length-1] > 0 ? '0' : '-1'
            }  else  {
                compareResult = version1[version2.length-1] > 0 ? '1' : '-1'
            }
            break;
        }
    }
    if (flag === false) {
        compareResult = -1;
    }
    return compareResult;
}

我也遇到了版本比较的问题，但是版本可能包含任何内容(例如:不是点的分隔符，像rc1, rc2…)

我使用了这个方法，它基本上将版本字符串分为数字和非数字，并尝试根据类型进行比较。

function versionCompare(a,b) {
  av = a.match(/([0-9]+|[^0-9]+)/g)
  bv = b.match(/([0-9]+|[^0-9]+)/g)
  for (;;) {
    ia = av.shift();
    ib = bv.shift();
    if ( (typeof ia === 'undefined') && (typeof ib === 'undefined') ) { return 0; }
    if (typeof ia === 'undefined') { ia = '' }
    if (typeof ib === 'undefined') { ib = '' }

    ian = parseInt(ia);
    ibn = parseInt(ib);
    if ( isNaN(ian) || isNaN(ibn) ) {
      // non-numeric comparison
      if (ia < ib) { return -1;}
      if (ia > ib) { return 1;}
    } else {
      if (ian < ibn) { return -1;}
      if (ian > ibn) { return 1;}
    }
  }
}

对于某些情况，这里有一些假设，例如:"1.01" === "1.1"，或"1.8" < "1.71"。它无法管理“1.0.0-rc”。1" < "1.0.0"，由语义版本2.0.0指定