c# How to sort a sorted list by its value column

Question

i have a generic sorted list "results" with key = some filename and value = boolean.

I would like to sort the list by the boolean entry or value column. does anyone know how i can do this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

SortedList is optimized so that inertions occur in an ordered fashion, such that enumeration occurs in a sorted order at minimal cost. Anything else requires a re-sort. Thus:

        SortedList<string,bool> l=new SortedList<string, bool>();
        l.Add("a",true);
        l.Add("a",false);
        l.Add("b",true);
        l.Add("b",false);
        var orderByVal=l.OrderBy(kvp => kvp.Value);

but this enumeration will be significantly slower to calculate, and be performed up-front, requiring extra storage to do so.

Depending on your situation it might be cheaper to maintain 2 SortedList instances with the key/value reversed.

Answer 2

For descending all list items

list.OrderByDescending(); 

or

var list = list.OrderByDescending(x => x.Product.Name)
                  .ThenBy(x => x.Product.Price).ToList();

Answer 3

In .NET 2.0, you could add your items to a SortedList:

  public static List<MyObject> SortedObjects(IEnumerable<MyObject> myList) {
     SortedList<string, MyObject> sortedList = new SortedList<string, MyObject>();
     foreach (MyObject object in myList) {
        sortedList.Add(object.ValueIWantToSort, object);
     }

     return new List<MyObject>(sortedList.Values);
  }

Answer 4

Normally that sorted by the first key on the list so if you swap the key and value on the add, then match that on the binding that sample example i use and work fine

public static SortedList<string, string> GetCountries(string conn)
        {
            var dict = new SortedList<string, string>();
            dict.Add("","Select One");
            var sql = "SELECT [CountryID]      ,[Descr]  FROM [dbo].[Countries] Order By CountryID ";
            using (var rd = GetDataReader(conn, sql))
            {
                while (rd.Read())
                {
                    dict.Add(rd["Descr"].ToString(), rd["CountryID"].ToString());
                }
            }
            return dict;
        }

Dim List As SortedList(Of String, String) = VDB.CoreLib.DbUtils.GetCountries(connDB)

        ddlBankCountry.DataSource = List
        ddlBankCountry.DataTextField = "Key"
        ddlBankCountry.DataValueField = "Value"
        ddlBankCountry.DataBind()