Sort c# List that contains json object

Question

Hi all, I have a List posts = new List (); I add an object that contains Json data to this list in a foreach loop: posts.Add(statusJson); Now this Json object (statusJson) contains these fields : name,message and created_time. I would like to sort the list by created_time Any suggestions?

Avuya Mxoli · Answer

This is the first line: [{"Data":[{"from":{"name":"someone","id":"},"message":"something","created_time":"some date"}, {"from":{"name":"someone","id":"},"message":"something","created_time":"some date"} and so on and so on...

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, I am not able to find attachment. Can you please share json string like string a = = "{\"Id\":\"1\",\"Name\":\"Jignesh\"}"

Avuya Mxoli · Answer

No problem, see attached file

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, can you please share your json data format. how it look?

Avuya Mxoli · Answer

Thanks for your reply. I have this code here for deserializing: JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer(); statusJson = js.Deserialize (reader.ReadToEnd()); Where JsonData is a class, so am I not already doing what you suggested? (or part of it at least)

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

ok fine are you required json data with in your application? if no than de-serialize it in to class and sort it. hope this will help you.

Avuya Mxoli · Answer

The json object is what I get returned form the api call. I am working with facebook status messages here so the json is returned by default

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, why you require json object here? Instead of Json object you can use class object which has similar property. if you have class object than you can easily sort this.. hope this will help you.

Avuya Mxoli · Answer

Thanks for the prompt reply, but I think I need to give you more info. created_time does not show on the server side because this is how I deserialize the json object. I have a class that is the structure of the returned object so I: JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer(); statusJson = js.Deserialize (reader.ReadToEnd()); then: posts.Add(statusJson); All in the foreach. So your suggestion will not work,maybe you can suggest how I can do it on the client side(javascript) because at least there I can access the individual values of my json object. Thanks again

Abhishek Goswami · Answer

var newposts= from e in posts orderby e . created_time select e;

Sort c# List that contains json object

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