GetFiles sort order

[Tim Kelley]

When I perform a Directory.GetFiles() what order should the files be
returned? I would think it would be alpha, but when I read files off of a CF
card it appears to be random.

Thanks.

Tim

 

[Mark Peters]

When I perform a Directory.GetFiles() what order should the files be

returned? I would think it would be alpha, but when I read files off of a CF
card it appears to be random.

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/07wt70x2.aspx:

The order of the returned file names is not guaranteed; use the Sort()
method if a specific sort order is required.

 

[Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )]

When I perform a Directory.GetFiles() what order should the files be
returned? I would think it would be alpha, but when I read files off of a CF
card it appears to be random.

Thanks.

Tim

Hi,

Why you would think that?
You are getting a list of files, not a sorted list of files.
You have to sort it yourself, not a difficult task anyway:
Array a =Directory.GetFiles("xxxxx");
Array.Sort( a);