Converting IList<string> to List<string>() [duplicate]

Question

I have a function that takes IList<string> someVariable as a parameter. I want to convert this to a list so I can sort the values alphabetically.

How do I achieve this?

Answer 1

you can just do

var list = new List<string>(myIList);
list.Sort();

or

var list = myIList as List<string>;
if (list != null) list.Sort; // ...

Answer 2

IList<string> someVariable = GetIList();
List<string> list = someVariable.OrderBy(x => x).ToList();