CollectionExtensionsCompareToTSource Method

Compares two arrays.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Collections.CollectionExtensions
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.147 -- Release Build+759c9d29b79c81f10905de8f58b653be932045f0

C#View Source Request Example

public static int CompareTo<TSource>(
	this TSource[]? array1,
	TSource[]? array2,
	bool orderIsImportant = true
)

VBView Source Request Example

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function CompareTo(Of TSource) ( 
	array1 As TSource(),
	array2 As TSource(),
	Optional orderIsImportant As Boolean = true
) As Integer

C++View Source Request Example

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename TSource>
static int CompareTo(
	array<TSource>^ array1, 
	array<TSource>^ array2, 
	bool orderIsImportant = true
)

JavaScriptView Source Request Example

JavaScript does not support generic types or methods.

Parameters

array1 TSource: The first type array to compare to.
array2 TSource: The second type array to compare against.
orderIsImportant Boolean (Optional): true if order of elements should be considered for equality; otherwise, false.

Type Parameters

TSource: Type of the array.

Return Value

Int32
An Int32 which returns 0 if they are equal, 1 if array1 is larger, or -1 if array2 is larger.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type TSource. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

ArgumentException

Cannot compare multidimensional arrays.