Sort a list by a custom order

Question

I have an array of some types

private string[] linkTypes = {
    \"dog\",
    \"cat\",
    // and so on ..
};

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Answer 1

Assuming linkTypes (the private string array) is in the same class as links (the list of LinkElement), you can use LINQ's OrderBy with a simple lambda expression:

var sortedLinks = links.OrderBy(le => Array.IndexOf(linkTypes, le.linkType)).ToList()