Question

How to sort a list of strings by string length in VB.NET

Answer 1

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Dim list As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)
        list.Add("vb.net")
        list.Add("java")
        list.Add("php")
        list.Add("python")
        list.Add("c#")

        list.Sort(Function(element1 As String, element2 As String)
                      Return element1.Length.CompareTo(element2.Length)
                  End Function)

        For Each element As String In list
            Console.WriteLine(element)
        Next

    End Sub

End Module


' run:
' 
' c#
' php
' java
' vb.net
' python

 

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