Queryable.ThenByDescending(Of TSource, TKey) Method (IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource), Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey)), IComparer(Of TKey))
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Performs a subsequent ordering of the elements in a sequence in descending order by using a specified comparer.
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
'Declaration <ExtensionAttribute> _ Public Shared Function ThenByDescending(Of TSource, TKey) ( _ source As IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource), _ keySelector As Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey)), _ comparer As IComparer(Of TKey) _ ) As IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource)
Type Parameters
- TSource
The type of the elements of source.
- TKey
The type of the key that is returned by the keySelector function.
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.Linq.IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource)
An IOrderedQueryable(Of T) that contains elements to sort.
- keySelector
- Type: System.Linq.Expressions.Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey))
A function to extract a key from each element.
- comparer
- Type: System.Collections.Generic.IComparer(Of TKey)
An IComparer(Of T) to compare keys.
Return Value
Type: System.Linq.IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource)A collection whose elements are sorted in descending order according to a key.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource). When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | source or keySelector or comparer is Nothing. |
This method has at least one parameter of type Expression(Of TDelegate) whose type argument is one of the Func(Of T, TResult) types. For these parameters, you can pass in a lambda expression and it will be compiled to an Expression(Of TDelegate).
The ThenBy(Of TSource, TKey)(IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource), Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey)), IComparer(Of TKey)) method generates a MethodCallExpression that represents calling ThenBy(Of TSource, TKey)(IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource), Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey)), IComparer(Of TKey)) itself as a constructed generic method. It then passes the MethodCallExpression to the CreateQuery(Of TElement)(Expression) method of the IQueryProvider represented by the Provider property of the source parameter. The result of calling CreateQuery(Of TElement)(Expression) is cast to type IOrderedQueryable(Of T) and returned.
The query behavior that occurs as a result of executing an expression tree that represents calling ThenBy(Of TSource, TKey)(IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource), Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey)), IComparer(Of TKey)) depends on the implementation of the type of the source parameter. The expected behavior is that it performs a secondary sort of the elements of source in descending order, based on the key obtained by invoking keySelector on each element of source. All previously established sort orders are preserved. The comparer parameter is used to compare key values.
The following code example demonstrates how to use ThenByDescending(Of TSource, TKey)(IOrderedQueryable(Of TSource), Expression(Of Func(Of TSource, TKey)), IComparer(Of TKey)) to perform a secondary ordering of the elements in a sequence in descending order by using a custom comparer.
Class CaseInsensitiveComparer Implements IComparer(Of String) Function Compare(ByVal x As String, ByVal y As String) As Integer _ Implements IComparer(Of String).Compare ' Compare values and ignore case. Return String.Compare(x, y, True) End Function End Class Sub ThenByDescendingEx1() Dim fruits() As String = _ {"apPLe", "baNanA", "apple", "APple", "orange", "BAnana", "ORANGE", "apPLE"} ' Sort the strings first ascending by their length and ' then descending by using a custom case insensitive comparer. Dim query = fruits.AsQueryable() _ .OrderBy(Function(fruit) fruit.Length) _ .ThenByDescending(Function(fruit) fruit, New CaseInsensitiveComparer()) Dim output As New System.Text.StringBuilder For Each fruit As String In query output.AppendLine(fruit) Next ' Display the results. outputBlock.Text &= output.ToString() & vbCrLf End Sub ' This code produces the following output: ' apPLe ' apple ' APple ' apPLE ' orange ' ORANGE ' baNanA ' BAnana