How to: Sort An Array in Visual Basic

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07/10/2012

This example declares an array of String objects named zooAnimals, populates it, and then sorts it alphabetically.

Example

Private Sub sortAnimals()
    Dim zooAnimals(2) As String
    zooAnimals(0) = "lion"
    zooAnimals(1) = "turtle"
    zooAnimals(2) = "ostrich"
    Array.Sort(zooAnimals)
End Sub

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

Access to Mscorlib.dll and the System namespace.

Robust Programming

The following conditions may cause an exception:

Array is empty (ArgumentNullException class)
Array is multidimensional (RankException class)
One or more elements of the array do not implement the IComparable interface (InvalidOperationException class)

See Also

Tasks

Troubleshooting Arrays (Visual Basic)

Reference

For Each...Next Statement (Visual Basic)

Other Resources

Arrays in Visual Basic

Collections (C# and Visual Basic)