Ordering two strings

Just to understand..

You have 2 string arrays.

One string array with Ids = { 2, 3, 8, 1 }
Another string array with Names = { "Anna", "Kasper", "John", "Peter" }

Logic Id = 2, is Name = "Anna". Id = 3, is Name = "Kasper" etc. Right ?


Do something like:

SortedDictionary<string,> myList = new SortedDictionary<string,>
for (int count = 0; count < Ids.Length; count++)
{
  if (!myList.ContainsKey(Ids[count]))
  {
    myList.Add(Ids[count], Names[count]);
  }
}

Not quite following what you want to achieve, but at a guess, you want to link the values to the names?

Why not create a Class and have a generic List, that way you can sort it.

public class MyClass
  {
      public int Id { get; set; }
      public string Name { get; set; }
      public MyClass()
      {
      }
      public MyClass(int id, string name)
      {
          Id = id;
          Name = name;
      }
  }

That way when you are populating your Id and name string (Which is what I am guessing you are)

You can have a List of MyClass...

public List<MyClass> MyClasses = new List<MyClass>();
MyClasses.Add(new MyClass(1, "Name1"));
MyClasses.Add(new MyClass(2, "Name2"));
MyClasses.Add(new MyClass(3, "Name3"));
MyClasses.Add(new MyClass(4, "Name4"));
MyClasses.Sort();

You can then even create your own sorting methods.

Also, I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve, but don't see the need for the hostile response you got in asking.

Strings by default are sorted the normal way - typically according to the ASCII set. If you want to order them in some different manner, the best way to do it is to create a class that implements IComparer, which has just a single function for comparing them (perhaps by the last character or something).

Pass an instance of your class to the sort method and you should be in business.