Question

I have a database with fields like firstname lastname street and searchfield. Anything that match the search field will be in my search subset here is the linq logic :

if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(searchString))
{
  folders = folders.Where(p => p.SearchField.ToLower().Contains(searchString.ToLower()));
}

I can order it by name or firstname or whatever.

Now I would like to present the results so it prioritize the name field in relation to my search term.

For example if i look for Schmid i want to show first the people with the LastName that match Schmid then the firstname then the street …etc

Any idea ?

Answer 1

I hope I understood it correctly

var res = 
    folders
        .Where(item => item.FirstName == name)
        .Union(folders.Where(item => item.LastName == name))
        /* Add more Union-Where statements */
        ;