SortLevel Class

Represents sort settings for a single sort level.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
GemBox.SpreadsheetSortLevel

Namespace: GemBox.Spreadsheet
Assembly: GemBox.Spreadsheet (in GemBox.Spreadsheet.dll) Version: 45.0.35.1187

Syntax

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public sealed class SortLevel

Public NotInheritable Class SortLevel

The SortLevel type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ColumnRowIndex	Gets or sets the column (or the row, if LeftToRight is ) index relative to the Range that this sort level applies to. Value is equal to or greater than zero and less than Width (or Height, if LeftToRight is ) of the Range.
	Comparison	Gets or sets the comparison method that compares two ExcelCells. Default value is default comparison method based on the settings of this sort level.
	CustomList	Gets the custom list by which order of items to sort by. If Descending is set to , then sorting will be performed based on the reverse order of items.
	Descending	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to sort the values in the descending order. Default value is .

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Methods

	Name	Description
	SetCustomList(IEnumerableString)	Sets the custom list by which order of items to sort by.
	SetCustomList(String)	Sets the custom list by which order of items to sort by.
	ToString	Returns a String that represents this SortLevel instance. (Overrides ObjectToString.)

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Examples

Following methods shows various ways to specify and apply a SortState to a range of cells.

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static void Sort1(ExcelWorksheet worksheet)
{
    // Specify and apply Sort using less-verbose, fluent, but less understandable interface.
    worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("A1", "D20").Sort(true).
        By(0).
        By(1, true).
        By(2, "Female", "Male").
        Apply();
}

static void Sort2(ExcelWorksheet worksheet)
{
    // Specify and apply Sort using more verbose, but more understandable interface.
    var sort = worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("A1", "D20").Sort(true);

    sort.Levels.Add(0);

    var level2 = sort.Levels.Add(1);
    level2.Descending = true;

    var level3 = sort.Levels.Add(2);
    level3.SetCustomList("Female", "Male");

    sort.Apply();
}

static void Sort3(ExcelWorksheet worksheet)
{
    // Specify and apply Filter using less-verbose, fluent and understandable interface (with help of C# 4.0 named arguments).
    worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("A1", "D20").Sort(active: true).
        By(columnRowIndex: 0).
        By(columnRowIndex: 1, descending: true).
        By(columnRowIndex: 2, customList: new string[] { "Female", "Male" }).
        Apply();
}

Sub Sort1(worksheet As ExcelWorksheet)
    ' Specify and apply Sort using less-verbose, fluent, but less understandable interface.
    worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("A1", "D20").Sort(True).
        By(0).
        By(1, True).
        By(2, "Female", "Male").
        Apply()
End Sub

Sub Sort2(worksheet As ExcelWorksheet)
    ' Specify and apply Sort using more verbose, but more understandable interface.
    Dim sort = worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("A1", "D20").Sort(True)

    sort.Levels.Add(0)

    Dim level2 = sort.Levels.Add(1)
    level2.Descending = True

    Dim level3 = sort.Levels.Add(2)
    level3.SetCustomList("Female", "Male")

    sort.Apply()
End Sub

Sub Sort3(worksheet As ExcelWorksheet)
    ' Specify and apply Filter using less-verbose, fluent and understandable interface (with help of VB.NET 10.0 named arguments).
    worksheet.Cells.GetSubrange("A1", "D20").Sort(active:=True).
        By(columnRowIndex:=0).
        By(columnRowIndex:=1, descending:=True).
        By(columnRowIndex:=2, customList:=New String() {"Female", "Male"}).
        Apply()
End Sub

Reference

GemBox.Spreadsheet Namespace

Other Resources

Excel Sorting example