Conditional “orderby” sort order in LINQ

Question

In LINQ, is it possible to have conditional orderby sort order (ascending vs. descending).

Something like this (not valid code):

bool flag;

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Answer 1

You could try something like the following:

var q = from i in list
         where i.Name = "name"
         select i;
if(foo)
     q = q.OrderBy(o=>o.Name);
else
     q = q.OrderByDescending(o=>o.Name);