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 can even do more complex ordering and still keep it short:

    var dict = new Dictionary() { [1] = "z", [3] = "b", [2] = "c" };
    var condition =  true;
    var result = (condition ? dict.OrderBy(x => x.Key) : dict.OrderByDescending(x => x.Value))
        .Select(x => x.Value);