I have the following list:
public class Address{
public string Number { get; set; }
public string Street { get; set; }
public string Suburb { get; set; }
}
List<Address> MyAddressList = new List<Address>();
and what I want to do is sort this list by Suburb and then Street. I have seen that I can sort by one of the properties (Suburb in this case):
MyAddressList = MyAddressList.OrderBy( x => x.Suburb ).ToList();
but I want to sort by Suburb then Street. Thanks
You can chain further ordering by using ThenBy (or ThenByDescending) calls:
MyAddressList = MyAddressList.OrderBy( x => x.Suburb ).ThenBy(x => x.Street).ToList();
You can use ThenBy
Performs a subsequent ordering of the elements in a sequence in ascending order.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.linq.queryable.thenby.aspx
MyAddressList =
MyAddressList.OrderBy( x => x.Suburb ).ThenBy(x => x.Street).ToList();
If needed, you can also chain multiple ThenBy.
Also you can use the Comparison delegate like this:
private int CompareAddress(Address first, Address second)
{
if (first.Suburb.Equals(second.Suburb))
{
return first.Street.CompareTo(second.Street);
}
else
{
return first.Suburb.CompareTo(second.Suburb);
}
}
Then:
List<Address> MyAddressList = new List<Address>();
MyAddressList.Sort(CompareAddress);
