How to sort an array based on specific index

Question

I Have an array like below code :

    struct Book_Struct
    {
        public string Title;
        public string Auther;
        public int Date;
        public int ID;
    }

    static void Print(Book_Struct[] a, int b)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < b; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("  Name of Book " + (i + 1) + " is : " + "\" " + a[i].Title + " \"");
            Console.WriteLine("Auther of Book " + (i + 1) + " is : " + "\" " + a[i].Auther + " \"");
            Console.WriteLine("  Date of Book " + (i + 1) + " is : " + "\" " + a[i].Date + " \"");
            Console.WriteLine("    ID of Book " + (i + 1) + " is : " + "\" " + a[i].ID + " \"");
            Console.WriteLine("\n---------------------------------\n");
        }
    }

I want sort this array based on for example Title of Books. How do i it?

As an aside, I would *strongly* recommend against using mutable structs and public fields. It looks like this should probably be a class with public *properties*... you should also look into .NET naming conventions. — Jon Skeet, Jan 19 '16 at 16:45
Also after 7 years @JonSkeet no longer recommends duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1304278/how-to-sort-an-array-containing-class-objects-by-a-property-value-of-a-class-ins (but it still relevant). You can find that recommendation in [duplicate](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1304278/how-to-sort-an-array-containing-class-objects-by-a-property-value-of-a-class-ins) that talks explicitly about arrays. — Alexei Levenkov, Jan 19 '16 at 16:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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You could use Array.Sort:

Array.Sort(a, (b1, b2) => b1.Title.CompareTo(b2.Title));

or LINQ:

a = a.OrderBy(book => book.Title).ToArray();

The latter needs to recreate the array.

As an aside, use a class instead of a mutable struct.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Jan 19 '16 at 16:44

Tim Schmelter

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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Use LINQ's OrderBy to sort the array:

a = a.OrderBy(x => x.Title).ToArray();

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jan 19 '16 at 16:45

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How to sort an array based on specific index

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