How can I use C# to sort values numerically?

Question

I have a string that contains numbers separated by periods. When I sort it appears like this since it is a string: (ascii char order)

3.9.5.2.1.1
3.9.5.2.1.10
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Answer 1

What you are looking for is the natural sort order and Jeff Atwood bloged about it and has links to implementations in different languages. The .NET Framework does not contain an implementation.