C# .Sort()

The .Sort() array method arranges the elements of an array in ascending or alphabetical order.

Syntax

Array.Sort(myArray);

.Sort() is a static method of the Array object. It takes one parameter, myArray, a one-dimensional zero-based array.

Example

The following example initializes the letters array with strings, then uses the .Sort() method to arrange the strings alphabetically. Finally, a foreach loop passes each element of the sorted array to the Console.Write() method to be printed:

using System;

public class Example
{
  public static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    string[] letters = {"M", "Y", "E", "T", "P"};

    Array.Sort(letters);

    foreach (string letter in letters)
    {
      System.Console.Write(letter + " ");
    }
  }
}

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This example results in the following output:

E M P T Y

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The following example is runnable and returns the numbers in the numbers array in ascending order:

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