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Reputation: 127

Maintaining original list order after sorting in C#

I want to maintain the list order after sorting. For example, the user enter 2, 4, 7, 1, 0 to be added to the list. How can I maintain this order after using the static sorted method on the list? I tried using a bubble sort method and copy the original list in another list variable, but after passing the list to below sorted method, it sorts the original list even thought it was copied in another list variable.

Is there anyway around this?

   private List<int> sortedList(List<int> sortedGrads)
    {


        for (int i = 0; i < sortedGrads.Count - 1; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < sortedGrads.Count - 1 - i; j++)
            {
                if (sortedGrads[j] > sortedGrads[j + 1])
                {
                    int temp = sortedGrads[j];
                    sortedGrads[j] = sortedGrads[j + 1];
                    sortedGrads[j + 1] = temp;
                }
            }
        }
        return sortedGrads;
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1302

Answers (1)

Pranali
Pranali

Reputation: 21

To get the sorted list use LINQ and store the result in other variable and keep your original list as it is.

private List<int> sortedList(List<int> sortedGrads)
        {
            List<int> sortedElements = sortedGrads.OrderBy(x => x).ToList();

            //use any one from below
            return sortedGrads; //returns the original list
            return sortedElements; //returns the sorted list
        }

Upvotes: 2

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