Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Public Class ReverseComparer
Implements IComparer(Of String)
Public Function Compare(ByVal x As String, _
ByVal y As String) As Integer _
Implements IComparer(Of String).Compare
Return y.CompareTo(x)
End Function
End Class
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim employees() As String = {"A","B","E","C","F","G" }
Dim employeeSizes() As Integer = { 40, 5, 3, 22, 1, 18 }
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine("{0}: up to {1} meters long.", employees(i), employeeSizes(i))
Next
Console.WriteLine("Sort(employees, employeeSizes)")
Array.Sort(employees, employeeSizes)
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine("{0}: up to {1} meters long.", _
employees(i), employeeSizes(i))
Next
Dim rc As New ReverseComparer()
Console.WriteLine("Sort(employees, employeeSizes, rc)")
Array.Sort(employees, employeeSizes, rc)
Console.WriteLine()
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine("{0}: up to {1} meters long.",employees(i), employeeSizes(i))
Next
Console.WriteLine("Sort(employees, employeeSizes, 3, 3)")
Array.Sort(employees, employeeSizes, 3, 3)
Console.WriteLine()
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine("{0}: up to {1} meters long.",employees(i), employeeSizes(i))
Next
Console.WriteLine("Sort(employees, employeeSizes, 3, 3, rc)")
Array.Sort(employees, employeeSizes, 3, 3, rc)
Console.WriteLine()
For i As Integer = 0 To employees.Length - 1
Console.WriteLine("{0}: up to {1} meters long.",employees(i), employeeSizes(i))
Next
End Sub
End Class