Is there a LINQ function for getting the longest string in a list of strings?

Question

Is there a LINQ function for this is or would one have to code it themselves like this:

static string GetLongestStringInList()
{
    string long         


        

Answer 1

Add a ThenBy() to guarantee a return order if there are multiple strings with the same length

var longest = list.OrderByDescending(s => s.Length)
                   .ThenBy(s => s)
                   .FirstOrDefault();