rendered paste body using System;
public delegate int Comparer(object obj1, object obj2);
public class Name
{
public string FirstName = null;
public string LastName = null;
public Name(string first, string last)
{
FirstName = first;
LastName = last;
}
public static int CompareFirstNames(object name1, object name2)
{
string n1 = ((Name)name1).FirstName;
string n2 = ((Name)name2).FirstName;
if (String.Compare(n1, n2) > 0)
{
return 1;
}
else if (String.Compare(n1, n2) < 0)
{
return -1;
}
else
{
return 0;
}
}
public override string ToString()
{
return FirstName + " " + LastName;
}
}
class SimpleDelegate
{
Name[] names = new Name[5];
public SimpleDelegate()
{
names[0] = new Name("Joe", "Mayo");
names[1] = new Name("John", "Hancock");
names[2] = new Name("Jane", "Doe");
names[3] = new Name("John", "Doe");
names[4] = new Name("Jack", "Smith");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SimpleDelegate sd = new SimpleDelegate();
Comparer cmp = new Comparer(Name.CompareFirstNames);
Console.WriteLine("\nBefore Sort: \n");
sd.PrintNames();
sd.Sort(cmp);
Console.WriteLine("\nAfter Sort: \n");
sd.PrintNames();
}
public void Sort(Comparer compare)
{
object temp;
for (int i=0; i < names.Length; i++)
{
for (int j=i; j < names.Length; j++)
{
if ( compare(names[i], names[j]) > 0 )
{
temp = names[i];
names[i] = names[j];
names[j] = (Name)temp;
}
}
}
}
public void PrintNames()
{
Console.WriteLine("Names: \n");
foreach (Name name in names)
{
Console.WriteLine(name.ToString());
}
}
}