Sorting two dimensional array by columns in C#

Question

I want to sort two-dimensional array. Instead of ordering for the first dimension I want to order the inner dimension.

For example if initial array is like this:

{{4, 1, 3},
{6, 5, 2},
{0, 9, 8}}

Then if we sort array by first row, result will be:

{{1, 3, 4},
{5, 2, 6},
{9, 8, 0}}

I managed doing this by transposing the array, ordering and transposing again. But is there a better way to do it?

Answer 1

If you can allow to use Linq , the easiest way is the following:

• First add namespace using System.Linq;

• Sorting: Array.ForEach(myArray, row => Array.Sort(row));

This will iterate over rows and sort by ascending.