C# 0 The Complete Reference

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You can use 

orderby

 to sort on one or more criteria. We will begin with the simplest 

case: sorting on a single item. The general form of 

orderby

 that sorts based on a single 

criterion is shown here:

orderby 

sort-on how

The item on which to sort is specified by 

sort-on.

 This can be as inclusive as the entire element 

stored in the data source or as restricted as a portion of a single field within the element. 

The value of 

how

 determines if the sort is ascending or descending, and it must be either 

ascending

 or 

descending

. The default direction is ascending, so you won’t normally specify 

ascending

.

Here is an example that uses