CollectionExtensionsMajorityByTSource, TKey(IEnumerableTSource, TSource, FuncTSource, TKey, Boolean, IEqualityComparerTKey) Method

Returns the majority value in the collection, or defaultValue if no item represents the majority.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Collections.CollectionExtensions
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490
public static TSource MajorityBy<TSource, TKey>(
	this IEnumerable<TSource>? source,
	TSource defaultValue,
	Func<TSource, TKey> keySelector,
	bool forwardSearch = true,
	IEqualityComparer<TKey>? comparer = null
)

Parameters

source  IEnumerableTSource
An enumeration over which to find the majority element.
defaultValue  TSource
Default value to return if no item represents the majority.
keySelector  FuncTSource, TKey
A delegate that takes an object and produces the key for comparison.
forwardSearch  Boolean  (Optional)
true to search forward in source; otherwise false to search backwards.
comparer  IEqualityComparerTKey  (Optional)
The IEqualityComparerT implementation to use when comparing keys, or null to use the default comparer for the type of the key.

Type Parameters

TSource
Type of elements in the source.
TKey
The generic Type of the objects to be compared.

Return Value

TSource
The majority value in the collection.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerableTSource. 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).

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