C# how to sort a list without implementing IComparable manually?
- by JL
I have a fairly complex scenario and I need to ensure items I have in a list are sorted.
Firstly the items in the list are based on a struct that contains a sub struct.
For example:
public struct topLevelItem
{
public custStruct subLevelItem;
}
public struct custStruct
{
public string DeliveryTime;
}
Now I have a list comprised of topLevelItems for example:
var items = new List<topLevelItem>();
I need a way to sort on the DeliveryTime ASC. What also adds to the complexity is that the DeliveryTime field is a string. Since these structs are part of a reusable API, I can't modify that field to a DateTime, neither can I implement IComparable in the topLevelItem class.
Any ideas how this can be done?
Thank you
