[RESOLVED] Sort an arraylist using compareTo

I have a class with the following function:

Code:

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Public Function CompareTo(ByVal obj As Object) As Integer _
      Implements System.IComparable.CompareTo
        If Not TypeOf obj Is TicketData Then
            Throw New Exception("Object is not MyObject")
        End If
        Dim Compare As TicketData = CType(obj, TicketData)
        Dim result As Integer = Me.strSLA.CompareTo(Compare.strSLA)

        If result = 0 Then
            result = Me.strSLA.CompareTo(Compare.strSLA)
        End If
        Return result

    End Function

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Presort I get the following data:

PRESORT
6721.04
3901.46
2768.12
2408.12
795.42
2377.29
2145.21
1866.25
1775.83

after running ticketList.Sort() I get:

SORTED
1.94
102.15
1180
129.58
13.54
133.33
139.17
148.33
1571.88

So it appears that my function is comparing as if it were a string. Can someone help me understand what I'm missing?

Dim result As Integer = cdec(Me.strSLA).CompareTo(cdec(Compare.strSLA))

What's TicketData? A structure, a class, something more ordinary? What's strSLA?

strictly speaking, the vb.net arraylist is obsolete. it was superceded by the list(of T) in vb2005

Sorry to not provide all of the details, ticketlist is an arraylist of an object class called ticektdata. Anyways I was trying to sort strSLA which was a string and I needed to convert ithe strSLA string to a decimal using CDec for the operation to work correctly. It works like a charm now, thank you!

Well.... if it's a decimal value.... why is it being stored as a string?

-tg