Sort text file in vb.net

Is there a BiF for sorting using first N chars only? I did't notice the example code. I'll try it, and report back to you. Martin Martin 1, 9 9 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. Yep, i ended using ArrayList and it's Sort method. Kevin Hogg Kevin Hogg 1, 24 24 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges. Thanks, i just don't want to use SORT because it's a third party software, and although it's installed along windows, i would rather have my own function in my own software.

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To save in sorted mode you just iterate through the rows and write a line for each Item in each Row of the DataView using StreamWriter. Try this in an app with 2 DataGridViews and 2 buttons. Click Button1 and browse to the textfile with your data. Then click Button2 to sort the data and display in the second DGV. You can also click the Column headercell in the first DataGridView to sort. EventArgs Handles MyBase. Load dtSalary. EventArgs Handles Button1.

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