C#

Luc Pattyn wrote:

using a using construct would make it a bit more elegant.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern[^]
• http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternObserver.aspx[^] (sample implementation)

deg + min / 60 + sec / 3600

Dictionary<int, string> original = new Dictionary<int, string>();
            original.Add(2, "absolutely");
            original.Add(1, "undoubtely");

            var sortedKeys = (from rec in original
                             orderby rec.Key
                             select rec.Key).ToList();

            Dictionary<int, string> second = new Dictionary<int, string>();

            for (int i = 0; i < sortedKeys.Count; i++)
            {
                second.Add(sortedKeys[i], original[sortedKeys[i]]);
            }          

var sortedKeys = (from rec in original
                              orderby rec.Key ascending, rec.Value ascending                              
                              select rec).ToList();

            //clear the dict
            original.Clear();
            //add the new keyvalue pairs
            for (int i = 0; i < sortedKeys.Count;i++ )
            {
                original.Add(sortedKeys[i].Key, sortedKeys[i].Value);
            }