C# 0 The Complete Reference

orderby

 to retrieve the values in an 

int

 array in ascending 

order:

// Demonstrate orderby.

using System;

using System.Linq;

class OrderbyDemo {

  static void Main() {

    int[] nums =  { 10, -19, 4, 7, 2, -5, 0 };

    // Create a query that obtains the values in sorted order.

    var posNums = from n in nums

                  orderby n

                  select n;

    Console.Write("Values in ascending order: ");

    // Execute the query and display the results.

    foreach(int i in posNums) Console.Write(i + " ");

    Console.WriteLine();

  }

}

The output is shown here:

Values in ascending order: -19 -5 0 2 4 7 10

To change the order to descending, simply specify the