System.Collections.IComparer Interface Reference

Exposes a method that compares two objects. More...

Inheritance diagram for System.Collections.IComparer:

Public Member Functions
int	Compare (object x, object y)
	Compares two objects and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other. More...

Detailed Description

Exposes a method that compares two objects.

Definition at line 8 of file IComparer.cs.

Member Function Documentation

Compare()

int System.Collections.IComparer.Compare	(	object	x,
		object	y
	)

Compares two objects and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other.

Parameters

x	The first object to compare.
y	The second object to compare.

Returns

A signed integer that indicates the relative values of x and y , as shown in the following table.Value Meaning Less than zero x is less than y . Zero x equals y . Greater than zero x is greater than y .

Exceptions

T:System.ArgumentException

Neither x nor y implements the T:System.IComparable interface.-or- x and y are of different types and neither one can handle comparisons with the other.

Implemented in System.StringComparer, System.Collections.Comparer, and System.Collections.CaseInsensitiveComparer.

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