DropDownList Sort using LINQ

I needed to do a quick sort on a DropDownList Server Control and found a great way of doing it in just 4 lines of code.  Your project will need to be pointed to the .NET 3.5 Framework and will need a reference to System.Linq.

List<string> list = DropDownList.Items.Cast<ListItem>().Select(item => item.Text).ToList(); 
list.Sort((x, y) => string.Compare(x, y)); 
DropDownList.DataSource = list; 
DropDownList.DataBind();

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