Trying to Sort a Multi Dimensional Array

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I'm trying to sort a two dimensional array and I'm having a problem with the Unity syntax (or somet$$anonymous$$ng).

I took t$$anonymous$$s example from online and I thought it should work but I get an error in Unity.

         int[,] array = new int[3, 3] { { 1, 4, 2 }, { 4, 5, 1 }, { 7, 3, 8 } };
 
         int[,] sortedByFirstElement = array.OrderBy(x => x[0]);
         int[,] sortedBySecondElement = array.OrderBy(x => x[1]);
         int[,] sortedByT$$anonymous$$rdElement = array.OrderBy(x => x[2]);

When I run it I get error message CS0411 w$$anonymous$$ch says: "...Try specifying the type arguments explicitly"

How do I need to modify/change t$$anonymous$$s so I can get it to work in Unity?

Thank you in advance.

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Answer by Bunny83 · Apr 09, 2018 at 01:55 AM

You probably found t$$anonymous$$s post and just like others w$$anonymous$$ch commented on that page you didn't seem to read the post that was mentioned in that answer. The built-in linq extensions do not support multidimensional arrays. You have to write your own extension or use the one provided on the codeproject post.

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Topthink · Apr 09, 2018 at 01:47 PM 0

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Thanks for taking the time to help me. I did see the post that you mentioned above although I'm not sure that is how I interpreted it. I will certainly look at that again. I'll consider perhaps a bubble sort or something else.
By the way, I saw some "Bunny83" videos on the Internet. Wow. Those are really, uh, entertaining. Are those you? In any event, thanks again for your kind help.

Bunny83 Topthink · Apr 10, 2018 at 08:47 PM 0

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Uhm, I usually don't create any "videos". The only two videos i've ever uploaded are on my YT channel ^^. I've created some animated gifs but only for answers here on UA (like this, this or this for example)

Topthink Bunny83 · Apr 10, 2018 at 08:50 PM 0

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Sorry, "Bunny83" is a fairly unique name and I thought they might be yours. Thanks again though. You've been very helpful to me and I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Best wishes in the future.

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