ThenByDescending - Comparer

Query

public void Linq38()
{
    string[] words = { "aPPLE", "AbAcUs", "bRaNcH", "BlUeBeRrY", "ClOvEr", "cHeRry" };
  
    var sortedWords =
        words.OrderBy(a => a.Length)
             .ThenByDescending(a => a, new CaseInsensitiveComparer());
  
    ObjectDumper.Write(sortedWords);
}

Lambda Expression

public void Linq38()
{
    string[] words = { "aPPLE", "AbAcUs", "bRaNcH", "BlUeBeRrY", "ClOvEr", "cHeRry" };
 
    var sortedWords = words.OrderBy(a => a.Length).ThenByDescending(a => a, new CaseInsensitiveComparer());
 
    ObjectDumper.Write(sortedWords);
}

Utility Method

public class CaseInsensitiveComparer : IComparer
{
    public int Compare(string x, string y)
    {
        return string.Compare(x, y, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
    }
}

Output

aPPLE
ClOvEr
cHeRry
bRaNcH
AbAcUs
BlUeBeRrY

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