Sorting a DropDownList? - C#, ASP.NET

Question

I\'m curious as to the best route (more looking towards simplicity, not speed or efficiency) to sort a DropDownList in C#/ASP.NET - I\'ve looked at a few recommendations b

Answer 1

You can do it this way is simple

private void SortDDL(ref DropDownList objDDL)
{
ArrayList textList = new ArrayList();
ArrayList valueList = new ArrayList();
foreach (ListItem li in objDDL.Items)
{
    textList.Add(li.Text);
}
textList.Sort();
foreach (object item in textList)
{
    string value = objDDL.Items.FindByText(item.ToString()).Value;
    valueList.Add(value);
}
objDDL.Items.Clear();
for(int i = 0; i < textList.Count; i++)
{
     ListItem objItem = new ListItem(textList[i].ToString(), valueList[i].ToString());
     objDDL.Items.Add(objItem);
}

}

And call the method this SortDDL(ref yourDropDownList); and that's it. The data in your dropdownlist will be sorted.

see http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20131/Sorting-Dropdown-list-in-ASP-NET-using-C#