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;

(from w          


        

Answer 1

 bool flag;

 from w in widgets
 where w.Name.Contains("xyz")
 orderby flag == true ? w.Id : w.Id descending
 select w

ascending is impled