How to use LINQ to sort a list in C#?

Use the LINQ orderby keyword to sort a list in C#.

In the below example, we have set the orderby for the elements −

var myLen = from element in myList orderby element.Length select element;

Let us see an example −

Example

 Live Demo

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; class Demo {    static void Main() {       List <string> myList = new List<string>();       myList.Add("truck");       myList.Add("bus");       myList.Add("cab");       myList.Add("motorbike");       var myLen = from element in myList       orderby element.Length       select element;       foreach (string str in myLen) {          Console.WriteLine(str);       }    } }

The above will produce the following result. The word with less number of characters will be displayed first like an ascending order list −

Output

bus cab truck motorbike