Getting highest available number in a List<string>

Question

I have the following strings in a List<string>

vs0, vs1, vs2, vs3, vs4, vs5, ... vs(n)

In my list, they are not sorted and are random. I want to get the string which has the highest int in it. And then get the number out of that string into a int var.

What is the best and fastest way do this?

Answer 1

var max = myList.OrderByDescending(v => int.Parse(v.Substring(2))).First();

or if you need the highest int

var max = myList.Select(v => int.Parse(v.Substring(2))).Max();