Sort an array given an element

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1

Hi i was wondering how i would go about sorting this

say i have 3 attributes

Name     Kills      DammageDone
TOM       4            163
JIM       3            334
BOB       5            233



//i want to do is sort by kills so the desired outcome will be

    Name     Kills      DammageDone
    
    BOB       5            233
    TOM       4            163
    JIM       3            334
    
    
    //or i can sort by Dammage and the outcome will be like this
    
    Name     Kills      DammageDone
    
    JIM       3            334
    BOB       5            233
    TOM       4            163

how would i go about doing that?

4

Linq Query

using System.Linq;   

 
    Attributes[] list = new Attributes[3];

    Attributes[] sortedList = list.OrderBy(c => c.DamageDone).ToArray();//c.DamageDone , c.Name,c.Kills
    public class Attributes
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Kills { get; set; }
        public int DamageDone { get; set; }
    }

Example of Linq

2

Implement a sorting algorithm. There are many, see (Great series, helps you to understand). I usually go with the Quicksort.
LINQ sorting is also fast, you can have custom sorting rules, see this, this and this.

3

If your list contains models you can use Sort() with lambda expressions.

list.Sort((a, b) => a.kills - b.kills); //asc
list.Sort((a, b) => b.kills - a.kills); //desc

or

list.Sort((a, b) => a.damage - b.damage); //asc