Question

User enters a series of values into textboxes:

Textbox 1: 10,9,8,7

Textbox 2: 1,2,3,4

Id then like to sort these two string and populate a List<string>. Once sorted (already figured out how to do that part), id like to create a jagged array of the inputs like so:

string[][] Arr = new string[2][];

Arr[0] = new string[] { "10", "9", "8", "7" };
Arr[1] = .....

but instead of manually typing in the values, id like to use the List<string> mentioned above.

Is this possible (thus far, my attempts have failed rather miserably)? If not, could someone suggest a possible alternative approach?

Thanks for your time!

EDIT: Based on the answers, I got it working. Sorry again for not making it clear what I meant by sort.

List<string> tempString = new List<string>();
tempString.Add("10,9,8,7");
tempString.Add("1,2,3");

string[][] Arr = new string[2][];

for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
{
    string[] values = tempString[x].Split(',').ToArray();

    Arr[x] = values;
}

Answer 1

Create lists from the strings:

List<string> list1 = new List<string>(textbox1.Text.Split(','));
List<string> list2 = new List<string>(textbox2.Text.Split(','));

Sort the lists:

list1.Sort();
list2.Sort();

Now you can easily create arrays from the lists:

string[][] Arr = new string[2][];
Arr[0] = list1.ToArray();
Arr[1] = list2.ToArray();

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If you want to do it in the other order, i.e. first sort then split, it would be:

List<string> list = new List<string>();
list.Add(textbox1.Text);
list.Add(textbox2.Text);
list.Sort();
string[][] Arr = new string[2][];
Arr[0] = list[0].split(',');
Arr[1] = list[1].split(',');