sorting a string collection

[Martin]

Hi,

Can anybody please tell me if it is possible to sort a string collection
into alphabetical order (or indeed sort in any order at all).
I have made a "stringCollection" which is in the
"System.Collections.Specialized" namespace, however there does not seem to
be any "sort" method.

my code is below

System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection stringCol = new
System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection();
stringCol.Add("martin");
stringCol.Add("George");
stringCol.Add("Adrian");
stringCol.Add("Charlie");
stringCol.Add("Greg");
stringCol.Add("Albert");

stringCol.sort /// Can't be this......

Please can somebody let me know the best way to implement a sort method --
maybe I have to derive my own....

thanks in advance

cheers

martin.

 

[Brock Allen]

Check out Array.Sort.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Martin]

Thanks brock,

does this mean that I will have to use the "Array" class instead of
"stringcollection" class, as the array.sort method can not take a
stringcollection object.

does this also mean that I will have to write my own IComparer interface to
compare my string "objects"

I was hoping to use code simialr to below, but I guess I may have to write
my own compare method.

cheers

martin.

System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection stringCollection = new
StringCollection();
stringCollection.Add("eeee");
stringCollection.Add("wwwwvv");
stringCollection.Add("vvv");
stringCollection.Add("xxxx");
stringCollection.Add("bbbb");
stringCollection.Add("zzzzz");
Array.Sort(stringCollection);

 

[Atul Godbole]

Yes, you will have to use an array.

You dont need to implement IComparer iIf all you need is string sorting. See
Comparer and CaseInsensitiveComparer

-Atul
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[Nick Hall]

An alternative solution is to use the Adapter method of the ArrayList class.
This allows you to use ArrayList functionality on any object which
implements the IList method (which StringCollection supports). This will
then enable you to use the ArrayList's sort method.

Hope this helps,

Nick Hall