Which is tidier to sort, an arraylist or an array?

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Not a problem, just a curiosity.

Which is tidier according to you, use an array list and sort through it? Or an array with if statement to store and sort the values?

The sorting is for if user enters 32541 and i want them sorted out as 12345.

@TheGeneral I wondered when you'd show up to upvote it for this reason ;) last week I decided to change my coding evaluation heuristics towards more code-cuteness ;) now I count the time until the first of my fellow developers smashes a keyboard into my face... — Mong Zhu, Jul 29 '19 at 08:52

taktak · Answer 1 · 2019-07-29T09:14:40.630

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Sorting values from an array will always be faster than a List .

edited Jul 29 '19 at 09:14

answered Jul 29 '19 at 08:31

taktak

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Just to say, an Array is an IEnumerable too – Marco Salerno Jul 29 '19 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '19 at 09:01

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If the number of elements is going to change use a List, if it is fixed use an Array.

That's all you have to think about.

answered Jul 29 '19 at 09:01

Marco Salerno

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