How to use a custom Comparer to sort an Array in a different lexical order?

Question

So, I'm pretty new to C# and I'm trying to order an Array using a custom Comparer.

I created a class:

class MySorter : IComparer
{
    public int Compare(object x, object y)
    {
        var chars = "jngmclqskrzfvbwpxdht";
        if (chars.IndexOf((char)x) < chars.IndexOf((char)y))
            return -1;
        return chars.IndexOf((char)x) > chars.IndexOf((char)y) ? 1 : 0;
    }
}

And I have a Array full of words. How exacly I can use this Compare to sort?

Answer 1

I think that what you need is this. Declare a method for sorting as you already did.

public static int CompareStrings(string s1, string s2)
{
    // TODO: your code here
}

... and specify what function you need to use.

string[] myStrings = { ... };
Array.Sort(myStrings, CompareStrings);

If you use generic classes, you can achieve this as well doing as it follows:

List<string> myStrings = ...;
myStrings.Sort(CompareStrings);