How can you sort the elements of the array in descending order?

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Sam Hobbs · Answer

Most sort functions and tools have the option to sort in either ascending or descening order.

Vulpes · Answer

It depends whether you want the sort to be permanent or not: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; class Test { static void Main() { int[] ia = {1 2 3 4}; // permanent reverse order sort Array.Sort(ia); Array.Reverse(ia); foreach(int i in ia) Console.WriteLine(i); Console.WriteLine(); // temporary reverse order sort int[] ia2 = {5 6 7 8}; IEnumerable ie = from i in ia2 orderby i descending select i; foreach(int i in ie) Console.WriteLine(i); Console.WriteLine(); // order of ia2 unaffected foreach(int i in ia2) Console.WriteLine(i); Console.ReadKey(); } }