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TheAuzzieJesus
TheAuzzieJesus

Reputation: 607

Sorting an array of objects by their assigned integer values

I have an array of objects containing the following data.

unsortedArray = 
A : 1
B : 2
C : 3
D : 4
E : 5
F : 6
G : 7
H : 8
I : 9
J : 10
K : 11
L : 12
M : 13
N : 14
O : 15
P : 16
Q : 17
R : 18
S : 19
T : 20
U : 21
V : 22
W : 23
X : 24
Y : 25
Z : 26

I'm trying to sort these objects so that the objects with the higher integer values appear further up in the list, but am receiving the following output with the sort.. 

sortedArray = 
Z : 26
X : 24
W : 23
V : 22
U : 21
T : 20
S : 19
R : 18
Q : 17
P : 16
O : 15
N : 14
M : 13
L : 12
K : 11
J : 10
I : 9
H : 8
G : 7
F : 6
E : 5
D : 4
C : 3
B : 2
Y : 25
A : 1

Below is the code I am using..

var sortedArray= unsortedArray;
Array.Sort(sortedArray, (x, y) => y.Point >= x.Point ? y.Point : x.Point);

Note: In the code, Point refers to the integer value in the object.

What am I doing incorrectly?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 64

Answers (2)

fubo
fubo

Reputation: 45967

replace 

Array.Sort(sortedArray, (x, y) => y.Point >= x.Point ? y.Point : x.Point);

with

Array.Sort(sortedArray, (x, y) => y.Point >= x.Point ? 1 : -1);

Upvotes: 1

Sweeper
Sweeper

Reputation: 272555

The second argument you pass to Array.Sort is an IComparer<T>. From the documentation:

Return Value Type: System.Int32 A signed integer that indicates the relative values of x and y, as shown in the following table.

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If you return a value according to the above table and use Sort, the array will be sorted in ascending order, which is the opposite of what you want. This means that you should return a negative value if x is larger than y, and a positive value if x is less than y!

Array.Sort(sortedArray, (x, y) => y.Point - x.Point);

Upvotes: 1

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