How to sort number in alphanumeric

Question

Input:

SHC 111U,SHB 22x,, SHA 5555G

Needed output:

SHB 22X, SHC 111U, SHA 5555G

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Answer 1

There is nothing built-in to do this, but you can do it by first extracting the numbers and sorting based on that. For example:

class VehicleNumberComparer : IComparer
{
    public int Compare(string lhs, string rhs)
    {
        var numExtract = new Regex("[0-9]+");
        int lhsNumber = int.Parse(numExtract.Match(lhs).Value);
        int rhsNumber = int.Parse(numExtract.Match(rhs).Value);
        return lhsNumber.CompareTo(rhsNumber);
    }
}

This is untested (and probably won't even compile without modification), has no error checking, and probably isn't the fastest method in the world, but should give you an idea.