Question

My controller passes a list of objects to my view allowing me to:

        @foreach (var optiongroup in Model)
        {

Within the Model is an IEnumerable<Option>. I need to sort this list of options such that when I:

@foreach (var option in optiongroup.Options){

I end up with a list where items are sorted on the property called option.SortOrder instead of the ordinal position of each item.

So how do I get a list sorted prior to the foreach? I’ve tried:

@foreach (var option in optiongroup.Options.OrderByDescending(o => optiongroup.SortOrder))

and:

IEnumerable<Option> allOptions = optiongroup.Options.OrderByDescending(o => optiongroup.SortOrder); 
// then foreaching the allOptions list

but have yet to achieve joy.

thx

Answer 1

This

IEnumerable<Option> allOptions = optiongroup.Options.OrderByDescending(o => optiongroup.SortOrder);

should be

IEnumerable<Option> allOptions = optiongroup.Options.OrderByDescending(o => o.SortOrder);