In .NET 4.0 you can simply use LINQ to quickly sort a list by a specific property:
List<Point> list = ...;
sorted = list.OrderBy(p => p.X).ToList(); // sort list of points by X
Can you do something similar when you cannot use .NET 4.0 LINQ syntax?
Is there a one-liner sort syntax?
You need to use a delegate, almost a one-liner :)
list.Sort(delegate(Point p1, Point p2){
return p1.X.CompareTo(p2.X);
});
Check Sort method, that takes Comparison<T>. Avaliable from .NET 2.0
var list = new List<Point>{ /* populate list */ };
list.Sort(Comparison);
public int Comparison (Point a, Point b)
{
//do logic comparison with a and b
return -1;
}
