sort List<T> alphabetically

Questions & Answers
1

a)
I’ve got a List<Item>. Class Item has a string _name variable. I need to sort that list alphabetically according to _name.

b)
I’d love to know how to do the same thing with int variables of Item class - sort the list according to them in increasing order.

I’m using C#. If anyone could write a little example for me to better understand this, I’d be very grateful, english is not my first language and reading documentation doesn’t always work for me.

2

No point me rewriting examples that you can find elsewhere on the internet. Try this link for example.

http://www.dotnetperls.com/sort-string-array

Edit: To get to the comparison on a class you need to pass in a comparison method like so;

Option1

people.Sort(
	delegate(Item i1, Item i2) 
	{ 
		return i1.name.CompareTo(i2.name); 
	}
);

Option2

list.Sort(CompareListByName);

private static int CompareListByName(Item i1, Item i2)
{
	return i1.name.CompareTo(i2.name); 
}
3

Can’t you use a SortedList<> instead of List<> to hold your objects?

By default when you iterate the list it is sorted.