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}"); } } }