First OrderByDescending Prototype

   
 

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] presidents = {"ant", "arding", "arrison", "eyes", "over", "Jackson"};
        IEnumerable<string> items = presidents.OrderByDescending(s => s);
        foreach (string item in items)
            Console.WriteLine(item);
    }
}

    


Where with OrderBy

   
 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] names = { "J", "P", "G", "Pa" };

        IEnumerable<string> query = names.Where(n => n.Contains("a"))
                                         .OrderBy(n => n.Length)
                                         .Select(n => n.ToUpper());

    }
}

    


First OrderBy Prototype

   
 
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] presidents = {"ant", "arding", "arrison", "eyes", "over", "ackson"};
        IEnumerable<string> items = presidents.OrderBy(s => s.Length);
        foreach (string item in items)
            Console.WriteLine(item);
    }
}

    


uses a compound orderby to sort a list of products, first by category, and then by unit price, from highest to lowest.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {

List products = GetProductList();
var sortedProducts =
from p in products
orderby p.Category, p.UnitPrice descending select p;

foreach (var s in sortedProducts) {
Console.Write(s);
}
}
static List GetProductList() {
List empTree = new List();
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “A”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 12, UnitsInStock = 5, Total = 36, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “B”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 2, UnitsInStock = 4, Total = 35, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “C”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 3, Total = 34, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “D”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 33, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “E”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 1112, UnitsInStock = 2, Total = 32, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
empTree.Add(new Product { ProductName = “F”, Category = “O”, UnitPrice = 11112, UnitsInStock = 0, Total = 31, OrderDate = new DateTime(2005, 1, 1), Id = 1 });
return empTree;
}
}
class Product : IComparable {
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public int UnitPrice { get; set; }
public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
public int Total { get; set; }
public DateTime OrderDate { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }

public override string ToString() {
return String.Format(“Id: {0}, Name: {1} , Category: {3}”, this.Id, this.ProductName, this.Category);
}
int IComparable.CompareTo(Product other) {
if (other == null)
return 1;
if (this.Id > other.Id)
return 1;

if (this.Id < other.Id) return -1; return 0; } } [/csharp]

an array of string values sorted first by length, then sorted alphabetically, using a case-insentive comparison.

   
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class CaseInsensitiveComparer : IComparer<string> {
    public int Compare(string x, string y) {
        return string.Compare(x, y, true);
    }
}

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        string[] words = { "a", "A", "b", "B", "C", "c" };

        var sortedWords =
            words.OrderBy(a => a.Length)
                    .ThenBy(a => a, new CaseInsensitiveComparer());

        Console.Write(sortedWords);
    }
}

    


uses a compound orderby to sort a list of digits first by length of their name, and then alphabetically.

   
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        string[] digits = { "zero", "one", "two", "three"};

        var sortedDigits =
            from d in digits
            orderby d.Length, d
            select d;

        Console.WriteLine("Sorted digits:");
        foreach (var d in sortedDigits) {
            Console.WriteLine(d);
        }
    }
}