VB .NET Language in a Nutshell

Name

Array.Sort Method

Class

System.Array

Syntax

Array.Sort(array)
Array.Sort(array, comparer)
Array.Sort(array, index, length)
Array.Sort(array, index, length, comparer)

Array.Sort(keys, items)
Array.Sort(keys, items, comparer)
Array.Sort(keys, items, index, length)
Array.Sort(keys, items, index, length, comparer)

array

Use: Required

Data Type: Any array

The array of objects to be sorted

keys

Use: Required

Data Type: Any array

The array of keys to use for sorting. This array is also sorted.

items

Use: Required

Data Type: Any array

A parallel array of values to be sorted in the order of keys, their corresponding keys

index

Use: Required

Data Type: Integer

The index at which to start the sort

length

Use: Required

Data Type: Integer

The index at which to end the reversal process

comparer

Use: Required

Data Type: IComparer interface

An object implementing the IComparer interface to be used for sorting. If Nothing, then the IComparable implementation of each element (in the case of arrays of keys) or value type (in the case of arrays).

Return Value

None

Description

Sorts a portion of, or sorts an entire one-dimensional array, with an optionally specified key array and an optionally specified IComparer interface

Example

Sub sortArray(  )
Dim i As Integer
Dim intArray(  ) As Integer = {9, 8, 12, 4, 5}
For i = 0 To 4
    console.WriteLine(CStr(intArray(i)))
Next
System.Array.Sort(intarray)
Console.WriteLine("Sorted:")
For i = 0 To 4
    console.WriteLine(CStr(intArray(i)))
Next
End Sub

The output is:

9 8 12 4 5 Sorted: ...