How to sort or filter text data by any word or field (LINQ) (C#)
The following example shows how to sort lines of structured text, such as comma-separated values, by any field in the line. The field may be dynamically specified at run time. Assume that the fields in scores.csv represent a student's ID number, followed by a series of four test scores.
To create a file that contains data
- Copy the scores.csv data from the topic How to join content from dissimilar files (LINQ) (C#) and save it to your solution folder.
Example
public class SortLines
{
static void Main()
{
// Create an IEnumerable data source
string[] scores = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@"../../../scores.csv");
// Change this to any value from 0 to 4.
int sortField = 1;
Console.WriteLine("Sorted highest to lowest by field [{0}]:", sortField);
// Demonstrates how to return query from a method.
// The query is executed here.
foreach (string str in RunQuery(scores, sortField))
{
Console.WriteLine(str);
}
// Keep the console window open in debug mode.
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
}
// Returns the query variable, not query results!
static IEnumerable<string> RunQuery(IEnumerable<string> source, int num)
{
// Split the string and sort on field[num]
var scoreQuery = from line in source
let fields = line.Split(',')
orderby fields[num] descending
select line;
return scoreQuery;
}
}
/* Output (if sortField == 1):
Sorted highest to lowest by field [1]:
116, 99, 86, 90, 94
120, 99, 82, 81, 79
111, 97, 92, 81, 60
114, 97, 89, 85, 82
121, 96, 85, 91, 60
122, 94, 92, 91, 91
117, 93, 92, 80, 87
118, 92, 90, 83, 78
113, 88, 94, 65, 91
112, 75, 84, 91, 39
119, 68, 79, 88, 92
115, 35, 72, 91, 70
*/
This example also demonstrates how to return a query variable from a method.
Compiling the Code
Create a C# console application project, with using directives for the System.Linq and System.IO namespaces.
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