Sort List(of Object) by object properties

Question

I\'m trying to achieve something where the answer is already given for. But it\'s in c# and I don\'t have any knowledge what-so-ever over c# so I\'m lo

Answer 1

Another solution would be to implement the IComparable (see MSDN ref) interface. This interface is designed to sort your objects on a custom way :

Public Class BomItem
    Implements IComparable

    Public Property ItemNumber As String
    Public Property Description As String
    Public Property Quantity As Double
    Public Property Material As String
    Public Property Certificate As String

    Public Function CompareTo(obj As Object) As Integer
         Dim bom = CType(obj, BomItem)

         If Not bom Is Nothing then
             Return Me.ItemNumber.CompareTo(bom.ItemNumber)
         Else
             Throw New ArgumentException("Object is not a BomItem")
         End If
End Class

and you can sort the list this way :

Dim myList As New List(Of BomItem)

'Code to add your BomItems

myList.Sort()

This will actually sort your list, it does not create a new list.