Today , i was required to order a list of records based on a Name and then ID .

A simple one but i did spend some time on how to do it with Lambda Expression in C# .

C# provides the OrderBy,OrderByDescending,ThenBy,ThenByDescending .

You can use them in your lambda expression to order the records as per your requirement .

Assuming your list is “Phones” and contains the following data …

public class Phone
{
        public int ID { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class Phones : List
{
        public Phones()
        {
            Add(new Phone { ID = 1, Name = "Windows Phone 7" });
            Add(new Phone { ID = 5, Name = "iPhone" });
            Add(new Phone { ID = 2, Name = "Windows Phone 7" });
            Add(new Phone { ID = 3, Name = "Windows Mobile 6.1" });
            Add(new Phone { ID = 6, Name = "Android" });
            Add(new Phone { ID = 10, Name = "BlackBerry" });
        }
}

If you were to use LINQ Query , the query will look like the one below

 dataGridView1.DataSource = (from m in new Phones()
                                        orderby m.Name, m.ID
                                        select m).ToList();

Simple isn’t it ? It very simple using Lamba expression too :)

Your Lambda’s expression for the above LINQ query will look like the one below

dataGridView1.DataSource = new Phones().OrderByDescending(a => a.Name).ThenByDescending(a => a.ID).ToList();
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