C# Sorting list by another list

Question

I have now 2 lists:

list names;
list numbers;

and I need to sort my names based on the values in numbers. I\'ve be

Answer 1

To complement Tims answer, you can also use a custom data structure to associate one name with a number.

public class Person
{
    public int Number { get; set; }   // in this case you could also name it ID
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Then you would have a List persons; and you can sort this List by whatever Attribute you like:

List persons = new List();
persons.Add(new Person(){Number = 10, Name = "John Doe"});
persons.Add(new Person(){Number = 3, Name = "Max Muster"});

// sort by number
persons = persons.OrderBy(p=>p.Number).ToList();

// alternative sorting method
persons.Sort((a,b) => a.Number-b.Number);