How does Windows Explorer sort file names? Emulate this in table...

[VMI]

I have a Windows datagrid whose column values are
(1,10,100,1000,101,10-1,103,11,1710,2). When the column's sorted (the
column's of type String), it'll sort this way
[1,10,100,1000,101,10-1,103,11,1710,2], which is wrong. But in Windows
Explorer, when there are files with these same names , Explorer will sort
them like this: [1,2,10,10-1,11,100,101,103,1000,1710], which is correct.

How can I emulate this Windows explorer sort in my column?

Thanks.

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hi,

A vague guess... you need something like a type inherited from System.String
where the CompareTo method would be overridden to implement the proper
sorting algorithm. Then, you should store object of this customized String
type in the table.

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I have a Windows datagrid whose column values are
(1,10,100,1000,101,10-1,103,11,1710,2). When the column's sorted (the
column's of type String), it'll sort this way
[1,10,100,1000,101,10-1,103,11,1710,2], which is wrong. But in Windows
Explorer, when there are files with these same names , Explorer will sort
them like this: [1,2,10,10-1,11,100,101,103,1000,1710], which is correct.

How can I emulate this Windows explorer sort in my column?

Thanks.