How can I sort a 2d array using Linq?

Question

I have a 2d array of strings

string [] [] myArray;

and I want to sort it by one of the columns.

So the data might be

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Answer 1

Array.Sort(myArray, (p, q) => p[0].CompareTo(q[0]));

This will order the array in place (so at the end myArray will be sorted). LINQ OrderBy by comparison creates a new ordered enumerable that then you can convert to a ToArray.