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I have an array of user defined type. one of the elements in the array object is long, and I want to sort the array by that element, and pick the array object with the smallest number in that element. How can I do this. Can somebody write the code for me? Will there be a difference if I want this for the integer intead of long

A[] ->consists of ->(string s, integer i, long l)

kris_per

Something like this...?


Object[] array = new Object[3];
            array[0] = "2582345"; // string
            array[1] = 54321;   // int
            array[2] = long.MaxValue;

            Object[] sortedArray = array.OrderBy(o => Convert.ToDouble(o)).ToArray();

            // now first element is the smallest
            object smallest = sortedArray[0];

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Algol36

List<MyType> array =new List<MyType>();
...
array.Sort((MyType obj1, MyType obj2) => obj1.L.CompareTo(obj2.L));

kris_per

OR do you want something like this with user defined type:

public class Customer
        {
            public string ID;
        }

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Customer[] array = new Customer[3];
            array[0] = new Customer { ID = "2582345" };
            array[1] = new Customer { ID = "54321" };
            array[2] = new Customer { ID = "123123123" };

            Customer[] sortedArray = array.OrderBy(c => Convert.ToDouble(c.ID)).ToArray();

            // now first element is the smallest
            Customer smallestIDCustomer = sortedArray[0];

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Gururaj Badam

Give a preview of you existing code. Little confusing whether it's an hybrid array or collection of user type contain string, long, decimal or something like that.

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vivekj2004

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This was .Net 2.0 code. Traditional code, that's why I chose this as complete solution.