C# Natural Sort

Sorting for Humans : Natural Sort Order. Supports decimals and exponents.

Uses ordinal comparaison for strings (can easily be changed).

Usage

For simple lists:

list.Sort(new NaturalSortComparer<string>());

For lists of complex objects:

list = list.OrderByNatural("Value").ToList();

See UnitTest.cs for more detailed exemples.

Example

Input

• 0.12
• 12
• Potato
• a0.012
• 10
• potato
• b1.2
• a1
• 1.2E-4
• 0.0012

Output

• 1.2E-4
• 0.0012
• 0.12
• 10
• 12
• Potato
• a0.012
• a1
• b1.2
• potato

Credits

Justin Jones http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/22517/Natural-Sort-Comparer

James McCormack http://zootfroot.blogspot.ca/2009/09/natural-sort-compare-with-linq-orderby.html

Jeff Atwood http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/12/sorting-for-humans-natural-sort-order.html