Multilevel Sorting with IComparable and IComparer: Listing 1.

A single default sort order.

class City : IComparable<City>
{
  private string name; // e.g. "boston"
  private double population; // in millions
  private string region; // "north", "south", "east", "west"
  public City(string name, double population, string region) { . . }
  public override string ToString() { . . }
  public int CompareTo(City other) { . . }
  static int RegionCompare(string regionA, string regionB) { . . }
  static int RegionValue(string region) { . . }
}

About the Author

Dr. James McCaffrey works for Microsoft Research in Redmond, Wash. He has worked on several Microsoft products including Azure and Bing. James can be reached at [email protected].

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