.NET 4.0 Generics Beginner's Guide

Time for action – sorting a list of fruits

Follow the given steps:

1. Copy the following code snippet as a query to LINQPad:

   string[] fruits = { "grape", "passionfruit", "banana", "apple", "orange", "raspberry", "mango", "blueberry" };
   
   //Sort the strings first by their length.
   var sortedFruits =  fruits.OrderBy(fruit => fruit.Length);
   sortedFruits.Dump("Sorted Fruits by Length");

2. Run the query. You should get the following output:
   

   So you see the fruit names are sorted in ascending order of their length.

   Now, let's see what happens if we sort the elements alphabetically, maintaining this primary sorting as per their length.

3. Change the query and paste the ...