Question

I currently have a List<string> object that stores following HTML strings, mainly the URLs, e.g.

List[0] = "<a href='#' id='1'>Banana</a>";
List[1] = "<a href='#' id='2'>Orange</a>";
List[2] = "<a href='#' id='3'>Apple</a>";
List[3] = "<a href='#' id='4'>Mango</a>";
...

And, when I sort the List<string> object, by doing URLList.Sort(); (assume thatURLListobject has been instantiated.), it gives such order, Banana=>Orange=>Apple=>Mango, which is not exactly what I wanted.

I’d like to have it sorted based on the alphabetical order of these fruit, which is like Apple=>Banana=>Mango=>Orange.

So how can I achieve this custom sorting? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Answer 1

If you want a simple way of doing it, and you expect your array to not change too much:

EDITED 11/30/2012

List.Sort((x, y) => x.Substring(x.IndexOf(">") + 1, 1).CompareTo(y.Substring(y.IndexOf(">") + 1, 1)));

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