How do I sort an observable collection?

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This simple extension worked beautifully for me. I just had to make sure that MyObject was IComparable. When the sort method is called on the observable collection of MyObjects, the CompareTo method on MyObject is called, which calls my Logical Sort method. While it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the rest of the answers posted here, it’s exactly what I needed.

static class Extensions
{
    public static void Sort<T>(this ObservableCollection<T> collection) where T : IComparable
    {
        List<T> sorted = collection.OrderBy(x => x).ToList();
        for (int i = 0; i < sorted.Count(); i++)
            collection.Move(collection.IndexOf(sorted[i]), i);
    }
}

public class MyObject: IComparable
{
    public int CompareTo(object o)
    {
        MyObject a = this;
        MyObject b = (MyObject)o;
        return Utils.LogicalStringCompare(a.Title, b.Title);
    }

    public string Title;

}
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myCollection = new ObservableCollection<MyObject>();
//add stuff to collection
myCollection.Sort();

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