IComparable and IComparer sound the same and work in similar ways, but there are important differences you need to know. A common and relatively simple coding task in C# is to sort an array or List ...

On the Mac, you probably know all the tricks for sorting things in the Finder. You can choose icon, list and column views. And you can sort the files and folders in those windows by various dates ...

Navigating the world of Excel can often feel like trying to solve a complex puzzle, especially when it comes to sorting slicer buttons in a custom order. If you’ve ever found yourself tangled in the ...

Whether you’re new to iPhone or just haven’t customized your contacts settings before, follow along for how to change sort order and display order. No matter is you’re just feeling like switching ...

An anonymous Hints reader was flummoxed: He (or she) used iTunes to sync pictures from iPhoto to his (or her) iPhone. But when he looked at the pictures on his phone, iPhoto Events didn’t appear in ...

Have you ever grouped data in Excel only to find your months sorted alphabetically instead of chronologically? It’s a frustrating quirk of the GROUPBY function, one that can turn a clean dataset into ...

We start with how sorting algorithms work. Although you don’t need to implement sorting algorithms yourself, it’s useful to know how they work internally. You can skip to the next section if you just ...

The Mac OS X Address Book usually sorts contacts by first name or last name; however, after updating a system to Snow Leopard or even in an incremental update for Leopard, contacts may appear jumbled ...