Custom OrderBy on a List

Question

I\'m trying to figure out the best way to custom sort a List. Lets say that T is a Object with a date(DateTime?) property and a status(string) property.

I have 3 cases.

Answer 1

You could just use an extension method:

Something like this...

public static IOrderedEmumerable OrderForDisplay (this IEnumerable input)
{
  return
    input
    .OrderBy(item => item.Status)
    .ThenByDescending(item => item.Status == 1 ? DateTime.MaxDate : item.date);
}