CollectionExtensionsMinorityT(IEnumerableT, T, Boolean, IEqualityComparerT) Method

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

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Collections.CollectionExtensions
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490

C#View Source Request Example

public static T Minority<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T>? source,
	T defaultValue,
	bool forwardSearch = true,
	IEqualityComparer<T>? comparer = null
)

VBView Source Request Example

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Minority(Of T) ( 
	source As IEnumerable(Of T),
	defaultValue As T,
	Optional forwardSearch As Boolean = true,
	Optional comparer As IEqualityComparer(Of T) = Nothing
) As T

C++View Source Request Example

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename T>
static T Minority(
	IEnumerable<T>^ source, 
	T defaultValue, 
	bool forwardSearch = true, 
	IEqualityComparer<T>^ comparer = nullptr
)

JavaScriptView Source Request Example

JavaScript does not support generic types or methods.

Parameters

source IEnumerableT: An enumeration over which to find the minority element.
defaultValue T: Default value to return if no item represents the minority.
forwardSearch Boolean (Optional): true to search forward in source; otherwise false to search backwards.
comparer IEqualityComparerT (Optional): The IEqualityComparerT implementation to use when comparing keys, or null to use the default comparer for the type of the key.

Type Parameters

T: Type of elements in the source.

Return Value

T
The minority 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 IEnumerableT. 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).