Introduction
Sometimes it is necessary to print a list in an ascending or decreasing order. So for this I use the sort() method for printing the list's elements in an ascending order, the Reverse() method for descending order and the BinarySearch() method for searching for an element in a list.
Sort
The Sort operation is performed to sort the elements of the list in ascending order. For example:
namespace ConsoleApplication7
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<int> rollnumber = new List<int>();
rollnumber.Add(12);
rollnumber.Add(20);
rollnumber.Add(11);
rollnumber.Add(40);
rollnumber.Add(43);
Console.WriteLine("before sorting the elements are:");
foreach (int a in rollnumber)
{
Console.WriteLine(a);
}
rollnumber.Sort();//sorting
Console.WriteLine("after sorting the elements are:");
foreach (int b in rollnumber)
{
Console.WriteLine(b);
}
}
}
}
Output is
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In this example I sort the numbers. You can also sort the list with a string type of data; for this the sorting is performed on the basis of the first letter of the string. If the first letter of the string matches then compare the second letter; for example:
namespace ConsoleApplication7
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<string> names = new List<string>();
names.Add("richa");
names.Add("megha");
names.Add("ajay");
names.Add("ravi");
Console.WriteLine("before sorting the elements are:");
foreach (string a in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(a);
}
names.Sort();//sorting
Console.WriteLine("after sorting the elements are:");
foreach (string b in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(b);
}
}
}
}
Output is
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Search
For searching, the BinarySearch() method is used. This method searches the element in the sorted list, so for doing the search in the list the list should first be sorted. The BinarySearch method searches for the element and returns its index position; for example:
namespace ConsoleApplication7
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<string> names = new List<string>();
names.Add("richa");
names.Add("megha");
names.Add("ajay");
names.Add("ravi");
Console.WriteLine("before sorting the elements are:");
foreach (string a in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(a);
}
names.Sort();//sorting
Console.WriteLine("after sorting the elements are:");
foreach (string b in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(b);
}
int c=names.BinarySearch("richa");
Console.WriteLine("The element search in {0} location",+c);
}
}
}
Output is
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Reverse
The Reverse() method is used to reverse the elements of the list or to print the element in decreasing order; for example:
namespace ConsoleApplication7
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<string> names = new List<string>();
names.Add("richa");
names.Add("megha");
names.Add("ajay");
names.Add("ravi");
Console.WriteLine("The elements of the list are:");
foreach (string a in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(a);
}
names.Reverse();//Reversing
Console.WriteLine("After reversing the list is as:");
foreach (string a in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(a);
}
}
}
}
Output is
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Summary
In this article I explain the sorting, searching and reverse operations of a list.