public static List<SearchBoardGameResult> SortSearchResults(this List<SearchBoardGameResult> searchResults, string searchText, int maxResultsToReturn =10)
{
var queryable = searchResults.AsQueryable();
var results = new List<SearchBoardGameResult>();
//first add exact matches
results.AddRange(queryable.Where(result => result.BoardGameName.Equals(searchText, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
.OrderByDescending(result => result.YearPublished)
.Take(maxResultsToReturn));
if (results.Count >= maxResultsToReturn)
{
return results;
}
//then add anything that starts with but isn't an exact match
results.AddRange(queryable.Where(result => result.BoardGameName.StartsWith(searchText, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
&& !result.BoardGameName.Equals(searchText, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
.OrderBy(result => result.BoardGameName.Length)
.ThenByDescending(result => result.YearPublished)
.Take(maxResultsToReturn));
if (results.Count >= maxResultsToReturn)
{
return results;
}
//then add everything else
results.AddRange(queryable.Where(result => !result.BoardGameName.StartsWith(searchText, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
&& !result.BoardGameName.Equals(searchText, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
.OrderByDescending(result => result.YearPublished)
.Take(maxResultsToReturn));
return results;
}
}
