Sorting a list with class.name alphabetically

Hey Folks ^_^

So I'm sort of working on an inventory system. Right now I storing the items in a list.

The problem is: I would like to sort the list by the name of the item. I can access the name of the item by:

Code (csharp):

1. item.itemName

Using the sort function however is throwing an exception:

Code (csharp):

1. ArgumentException: does not implement right interface
2. System.Collections.Generic.Comparer`1+DefaultComparer[ItemClass].Compare (.ItemClass x, .ItemClass y) (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System.Collections.Generic/Comparer.cs:86)
3. System.Array.compare[ItemClass] (.ItemClass value1, .ItemClass value2, IComparer`1 comparer) (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System/Array.cs:1744)
4. System.Array.qsort[ItemClass,ItemClass] (.ItemClass[] keys, .ItemClass[] items, Int32 low0, Int32 high0, IComparer`1 comparer) (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System/Array.cs:1721)
5. System.Array.Sort[ItemClass,ItemClass] (.ItemClass[] keys, .ItemClass[] items, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System/Array.cs:1674)
6. Rethrow as InvalidOperationException: The comparer threw an exception.
7. System.Array.Sort[ItemClass,ItemClass] (.ItemClass[] keys, .ItemClass[] items, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System/Array.cs:1677)
8. System.Array.Sort[ItemClass] (.ItemClass[] array, Int32 index, Int32 length, IComparer`1 comparer) (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System/Array.cs:1623)
9. System.Collections.Generic.List`1[ItemClass].Sort () (at /Applications/buildAgent/work/c514da0c8183631c/mcs/class/corlib/System.Collections.Generic/List.cs:568)
10. MyMimic.sortInventory () (at Assets/scripts/MyMimic.cs:154)
11. MyMimic.OnGUI () (at Assets/scripts/MyMimic.cs:68)

The code I use is

Code (csharp):

1. inventory.Sort();

Could you guys help me sort out the Sort() function of my inventory list ? That would be awesome

Cheers!

Dawnreaver

 

1. Make your items comparable with other items the way you like:

Code (csharp):

1. internal class Item : IComparable<Item>
2. {
3.     public string itemName;
4.  
5.     // ...
6.  
7.     public int CompareTo(Item other)
8.     {
9.         return itemName.CompareTo(other.itemName);
10.     }
11. }

and then just call inventory.Sort().

2. Or sort the collection this way:

Code (csharp):

1. inventory.Sort((a, b) => a.itemName.CompareTo(b.itemName));

 

Code (csharp):

1. inventory.Sort((a, b) => a.itemName.CompareTo(b.itemName));

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You Sir, diserve a medal! Thanks a lot! All other stuff I found online was rather confusing. But this is so clear! Thanks a lot! And yes, it works like a treat