Sorting an array alphabetically in C#

Question

Hope someone can help. I have created a variable length array that will accept several name inputs. I now want to sort the array in alphabetical order and return that to the

Answer 1

To sort by the name property of your Student objects in your Student array, you can use

Array.Sort(names, (s1, s2) => String.Compare(s1.Name, s2.Name));

which will sort your array in place, or with System.Linq:

names = names.OrderBy(s => s.Name).ToArray();

which can return the sorted IEnumerable as an array (.ToArray()) or a list (.ToList().)

Remember to sort case-insensitive if it matters, as pointed out in another answer, which can be done in String.Compare like so:

String.Compare(s1.Name, s2.Name, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)