Question

I will first declare the main question here so you can skip the rest if you like.

How do I make result list sorted alphabetically?

public static List<string> GenerateMonthNames(string prefixText)
{
    List<string> items = new List<string>();
    items.Add("a");
    items.Add("appl");
    items.Add("ap");
    items.Add("apple");
    items.Add("change");
    items.Add("world");
    items.Add("engaging");

    string[] strArray = items.ToArray();

    string tempFundstr = string.Empty;
    List<string> returnedList= new List<string>();

    int strNumber;
    int strIndex = 0;
    for (strNumber = 0; strNumber < strArray.Length; strNumber++)
    {
        strIndex = strArray[strNumber].IndexOf(prefixText);
        if (strIndex >= 0)
        {
            tempFoundStr = strArray[strNumber];
            retLst.Add(retstr);
        }    
    }

    items.Clear();
    return returnedList;
}

it was desperate try on Ajax autoComplete just…to get it working, without using Database as source for the autoComplete data

though I have solved main issue, as it wasn’t working at all (;. and now after “fixing” the problem the autoComplete does work. but

it’s kind’a messy solution I have manage to pull in order to iterate through the list or an array the problem here is that I can’t understand how, by using Linq, enumerate or any implementation so i will be able to return the result list sorted alphabetically.

And with your help, i hope to get the code straight (by the book).

Answer 1

Try this:

public static List<string> GenerateMonthNames(string prefixText)    
{
    var items = new List<string>();
    items.Add("Oliver");
    items.Add("Olsen");
    items.Add("learns");
    items.Add("how");
    items.Add("change");
    items.Add("world");
    items.Add("engaging");  

    var returnList = items.Where(item=>item.Contains(prefixTest)).ToList();
    returnList.Sort();

    return returnList;
}