Is there a sorted collection type in .NET?

Question

I\'m looking for a container that keeps all its items in order. I looked at SortedList, but that requires a separate key, and does not allow duplicate keys. I could also j

Answer 1

Here's an old trick I used way back in VB6 to sort things alphabetically: Use a System.Windows.Forms ListBox object, and set its "Sorted" property to true. In C#, you can insert any object into the listbox, and it will sort the object alphabetically by its ToString() value:

for a class module:

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using System.Windows.Forms;

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ListBox sortedList = new ListBox();
        sortedList.Sorted = true;

        sortedList.Items.Add("foo");
        sortedList.Items.Add("bar");
        sortedList.Items.Add(true);
        sortedList.Items.Add(432); 

        foreach (object o in sortedList.Items)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(o);
        }

        Console.ReadKey();
    }

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This will display:

432
bar
foo
True