Sort and search an array of objects : Generic IComparable : Generic C# Examples

    
using  System;    
  
class  MyClass  :  IComparable<MyClass>  {  
    public  int  i;  
    
    public  MyClass(int  x)  {  
          i  =  x;  
    }  
  
    //  Implement  IComparable<MyClass>.  
    public  int  CompareTo(MyClass  v)  {  
        return  i  -  v.i;  
    }  
  
}  
    
class  MainClass  {          
    public  static  void  Main()  {          
        MyClass[]  nums  =  new  MyClass[5];  
  
        nums[0]  =  new  MyClass(5);  
        nums[1]  =  new  MyClass(2);  
        nums[2]  =  new  MyClass(3);  
        nums[3]  =  new  MyClass(4);  
        nums[4]  =  new  MyClass(1);  
      
        Console.Write("Original  order:  ");  
        foreach(MyClass  o  in  nums)    
            Console.Write(o.i  +  "  ");  
        Console.WriteLine();  
  
        Array.Sort(nums);  
  
        Console.Write("Sorted  order:      ");  
        foreach(MyClass  o  in  nums)    
            Console.Write(o.i  +  "  ");  
        Console.WriteLine();  
  
        MyClass  x  =  new  MyClass(2);  
        int  idx  =  Array.BinarySearch(nums,  x);  
  
        Console.WriteLine("Index  of  MyClass(2)  is  "  +  idx);  
    }          
}