How to Sort a List<> by a Integer stored in the struct my List<> holds

Question

I need to sort a highscore file for my game I've written.

Each highscore has a Name, Score and Date variable. I store each one in a List.

Here is the struct that holds each highscores data.

struct Highscore
{
    public string Name;
    public int Score;
    public string Date;

    public string DataAsString()
    {
        return Name + "," + Score.ToString() + "," + Date;
    }
}

So how would I sort a List of type Highscores by the score variable of each object in the list?

Any help is appreciated :D

Answer 1

I don't know why everyone is proposing LINQ based solutions that would require additional memory (especially since Highscore is a value type) and a call to ToList() if one wants to reuse the result. The simplest solution is to use the built in Sort method of a List

list.Sort((s1, s2) => s1.Score.CompareTo(s2.Score));

This will sort the list in place.

Answer 2

var sortedList = yourList.OrderBy(x => x.Score);

or use OrderByDescending to sort in opposite way