Question

Hei,
i think order by is ordering things wrongly. Example code:

static void Main()
{            
    // Create a delicious data source.
    string[] fruits = { "äax", "ääü", "äbü" };

    // Query for ascending sort.
    IEnumerable<string> sortAscendingQuery =
        from fruit in fruits
        orderby fruit //"ascending" is default
        select fruit;       

    // Execute the query.
    Console.WriteLine("Ascending:");
    foreach (string s in sortAscendingQuery)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(s);
    }
}

And the result:

Ascending:
ääü
äax
äbü

The right order should be:
äax
äbu
ääü

Anybody encountered this error before?

Answer 1

This linq returns the correct results – you need specify the string comparison to use.

foreach (string s in fruits.OrderBy(s=>s, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase ) )
{
  Console.WriteLine(s);
}