Selection sort list of string array

Question

Lets say i have a list of string arrays like [bbb eee hhh] [ccc fff iii] [aaa ddd ggg] How can i sort the list so that its alphabetical after the first element in each array Like: [aaa ddd ggg] [bbb eee hhh] [ccc fff iii] with selection sort?

Ankit Sharma · Answer

Hi robin You can use following code to achieve this.Here i am using jagged arrays. static void Main( string [] args) { string [][] arr = { new string []{ bbb  eee  hhh } new string [] { ccc  fff  iii } new string [] { aaa  ddd  ggg } }; SelectionSort(arr); for ( int i=0;i { for ( int j=0;j { Console.Write(arr[i][j]); } Console.WriteLine(); } Console.ReadLine(); } public static void SelectionSort( string [][] arr) { int sizeOfArray = arr.Length; int minimum; for ( int i = 0; i { minimum = i; for ( int j = i + 1; j { if (( string .Compare(arr[j][0] arr[minimum][0]) { minimum = j; } } string [] temp = arr[minimum]; arr[minimum] = arr[i]; arr[i] = temp; } } To know more about selection sort refer http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/selection-sort-algorithm-in-c-sharp to know about jagged array refer http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/puranindia/jagged-arrays-in-C-Sharp-net/ Hope this helps