Dynamic Sorting (OrderBy)
Dynamically create an OrderBy clause for sorting by a property name.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
class Person
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
var people = new List<Person>
{
new Person { Name = "Alice", Age = 25 },
new Person { Name = "Bob", Age = 30 },
new Person { Name = "Charlie", Age = 35 }
};
string sortBy = "Age";
var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(Person), "x");
var property = Expression.Property(parameter, sortBy);
var lambda = Expression.Lambda(property, parameter);
var sortedList = people.AsQueryable()
.OrderBy((dynamic)lambda)
.ToList();
foreach (var person in sortedList)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{person.Name}, {person.Age}");
}
}
}