List Custom Sorting

Question

I currently have a `List` object that stores following HTML strings, mainly the URLs, e.g. ``` List[0] = "Banana"; List[1] = "Orange"; List[2] = "Apple"; List[3] = "Mango"; ... ``` And, when I sort the `List` object, by doing `URLList.Sort(); (assume that`URLList`object has been instantiated.)`, it gives such order, Banana=>Orange=>Apple=>Mango, which is not exactly what I wanted. I'd like to have it sorted based on the alphabetical order of these fruit, which is like Apple=>Banana=>Mango=>Orange. So how can I achieve this custom sorting? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Accepted Answer

If you want a simple way of doing it, and you expect your array to not change too much:

EDITED 11/30/2012

```
List.Sort((x, y) => x.Substring(x.IndexOf(">") + 1, 1).CompareTo(y.Substring(y.IndexOf(">") + 1, 1)));
```

List<string> Custom Sorting

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