LINQ : Converting an Array of Strings to Integers & Sorting

LINQ is just for queries because it stands for Language Integrated Query. But please don’t think of it only in that context. Normally we use to write a loop to iterate through the array of strings and populate a newly constructed array of integers. But LINQ makes much easier by writing a single line code for the same.

The following example helps us to convert an array of string to integer array with sorted result.

. Declare an array of strings

string[] numbers = { "0042", "010", "9", "27" };

.Convert the array of strings to an array of integer

int[] nums = numbers.Select(s => Int32.Parse(s)).ToArray();

.Sorting the converted array of interger

int[] nums = numbers.Select(s => Int32.Parse(s)).OrderBy(s => s).ToArray();

. To display the resulting array of integers

foreach(int num in nums)
Console.WriteLine(num);

OUTPUT :
9
10
27
42

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- Rangoli