Order By vs Sort for creating ordered collection

Question

I have been through this article C# Sort and OrderBy comparison

But the answer accepted in this question is obscure to me.

I can\'t decide when I sh

Answer 1

• You use Sort when you want to sort the original list. It performs an in-place sort.
• You use OrderBy when you don't want to change the original list as it returns an IOrderedEnumerable<T> that leaves the original list untouched. Or when you don't have a list but some other enumerable.