How would I sort through an array of structs?

I have a struct containing song data:

public struct uLib
    {
        public string Path;
        public string Artist;
        public string Title;
        public string Album;
        public string Length;
    }

My library consists of an array of this uLib. How would I sort this array by say Artist? Is there a native sort function I can call on this type of array, or will I have to "roll my own"?

From stackoverflow

• from u in ULibArray order by u.Artist select u;

• Assuming uLibs is an IEnumerable<T>, you can try this:

  uLibs.OrderBy(i => i.Artist)
  

  This sorts the uLib instances by using a key; in this case, you've selected Artist to be the key to compare against. Similar sorting is possible against your other fields.

  erikkallen : You'll lose the result if you do this, though. The correct way do do this is var orderedLibs = uLibs.OrderBy(i => i.Artist)

  John Feminella : Yes, this is meant to be included as part of another statement. What you do with the result is up to you, of course.

• First of all, that should not be a struct. It's larger than 16 bytes, so you don't get the performance benefits of having a struct. Also, it doesn't represent a single value, so it doesn't make sense semantically to make it a struct. Just make it a class instead.

  The Array class has a Sort method that you can use:

  Array.Sort(theArray, (x,y) => string.Compare(x.Artist,y.Artist));
  

  If you don't have C# 3 you use a delegate instead of the lambda expression:

  Array.Sort(theArray, delegate(uLib x, uLib y) { return string.Compare(x.Artist,y.Artist) } );
  

  Edit:
  Here's an example of what your data could look like as a class:

  public class ULib {
  
      private string _path, _artist, _title, _album, _length;
  
      public string Path { get { return _path; } set { _path = value; } }
      public string Artist { get { return _artist; } set { _artist = value; } }
      public string Title { get { return _title; } set { _title = value; } }
      public string Album { get { return _album; } set { _album = value; } }
      public string Length { get { return _length; } set { _length = value; } }
  
      public ULib() {}
  
      public ULib(string path, string artist, string title, string album, string length) {
         Path = path;
         Artist = artist;
         Title = title;
         Album = album;
         Length = length;
      }
  
  }
  

  In C# there there is a short form for a property. Instead of writing code for a private variable and a setter and getter to access it, this creates that automatically:

  public string Path { get; set; }
  

  Chris S : public class ULib as well

  Krakerjak : That works great. Thanks. You say I shouldn't use a struct, how would you organize this kind of data?

  Jon Skeet : Put it in the class - and use properties instead of public fields, too.

  Krakerjak : Guffa - Thanks for clarifying. Would that get sorted the same way?

  Guffa : Yes, only slightly faster as there is 80% less data to move around. :)

  Krakerjak : OK, thanks again. I'll give that a go.

• Doesn't http://stackoverflow.com/questions/620534/sort-array-of-items-using-orderby answer your question ?

  Regards Friedrich

• This codeproject article is a good tutorial on arrays, structs and some general guidance