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copied!<p>This actually turned out to be a GIANT headache to try to solve; but in the end, it actually turned out being very easy to accomplish with a bit of hackishness and reflection:</p> <pre><code>public class Program { public class SomeClass { public int Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } } static void Main(string[] args) { List<SomeClass> sample = new List<SomeClass> { new SomeClass { Id = 4, Name = "ABC" }, new SomeClass { Id = 1, Name = "XYZ" }, new SomeClass { Id = 2, Name = "JKL" } }; var result = sample.OrderByDynamic("Name", OrderDirection.Ascending).ToList(); result.ForEach(x => Console.WriteLine("Id: " + x.Id + " | Name: " + x.Name)); Console.ReadKey(); } } public enum OrderDirection { Ascending, Descending } public static class LinqExtensions { public static IEnumerable<T> OrderByDynamic<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, string propertyName, OrderDirection direction = OrderDirection.Ascending) { if(direction == OrderDirection.Ascending) return source.OrderBy(x => x.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName).GetValue(x, null)); else return source.OrderByDescending(x => x.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName).GetValue(x, null)); } } </code></pre> <p>This example worked for me in test situations; I could supply the property name, and specify a sort direction, and it worked great. Simply call like so:</p> <pre><code>yourEnumerable.OrderByDynamic("YourPropertyName"); yourEnumerable.OrderByDynamic("YourPropertyName", OrderDirection.Descending); </code></pre> <p>Enjoy!</p>

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