Order by Length then by Name - LINQ

When you are working with String arrays, a common requirement is to display the results in an ordered format. Here’s a query that shows you how to first Order the results by Length, and then by Name, using LINQ

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string[] indiaCitiesVisited = {
        "Delhi", "Jodhpur", "Mumbai", "Pune",  "Agra",
        "Shimla", "Bengaluru", "Mysore", "Ooty",
        "Jaipur", "Nagpur", "Amritsar", "Hyderabad",
        "Goa", "Ahmedabad" };

    IEnumerable<string> cityOrder =
        indiaCitiesVisited.OrderBy(str => str.Length)
                            .ThenBy(str => str);
    foreach (string city in cityOrder)
        Console.WriteLine(city);
       
    
    Console.ReadLine();
}

As you can see, we first OrderBy the length of the element and ThenBy the element itself (ascending albhabetically by Name). Remember that the ThenBy operator takes an IOrderedEnumerable<T> as the input. That’s why to create an IOrderedEnumerable, the OrderBy method is called prior to ThenBy.

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