oh hell how i didn't thought about this before!!!
public static Dictionary<string,long> SortDictionary(Dictionary<string,long> data)
{
List<keyvaluepair<string,long>> result =
new List<keyvaluepair<string,long>>(data);
result.Sort(
delegate(
KeyValuePair<string,long> first,
KeyValuePair<string,long> second)
{
return second.Value.CompareTo(first.Value);
}
);
return data;
}
if you want the smallest amount be on top you need to switch the following line from:
return second.Value.CompareTo(first.Value);
to
return first.Value.CompareTo(second.Value);
the same method you can use also for: Dictionary<string,int> or Dictionary<string,string> or each value type of your choice.
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happy sort of dictonary by value ;-) yes I love generics ... just sometimes I don't see through its possibilites
Thursday, January 17, 2008
sorting dictionary by value
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Brilliant solution!
excellent, just excellent!
Danke und Grüüüzi in die Schweiz aus Österreich!
Your code doesn't work.
You put data in the list, sort the list, but then return data.
So the dictionary returned isn't sorted.
You need to copy the contents of the sorted list back to a dictionary and return that.
Great work, Roni!
I turned it into a generic, not String-specific - just implement IComparable.
http://itbyz.blogspot.com/2008/07/net-dictionary-sort.html
Great code, Roni!
I used this as a basis for a generic sortable dictionary class:
http://itbyz.blogspot.com/2008/07/net-dictionary-sort.html
Works perfectly. Great work!
Thanks a lot!
Barry is right. You should copy sorted values into a dictionary.
after List.Sort call, method should end like this
Dictionary<Option, int> sortedDic = new Dictionary<Option, int>();
foreach (KeyValuePair<Option, int> item in result) {
sortedDic.Add(item.Key, item.Value);
}
return sortedDic;
Cool, thnx dude.
you can use linq to objects
Dictionary d = new Dictionary();
d.Add(1,"Test 1");
d.Add(2,"Test 2");
d.Add(5,"Test 5");
d.Add(3,"Test 3");
d.Add(4, "Test 4");
var sortedDct = (from i in d orderby i.Value ascending select i);
sortedDct.Dump();
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