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C# in a Nutshell
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C# in a Nutshell

by Ben Albahari, Ted Neward, Peter Drayton
March 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
864 pages
31h 8m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

IComparer

Synopsis

This interface implements a method for comparing objects. Compare() determines whether an object is greater than (positive return value), less than (negative return value), or equal (zero) to another object. This interface is required for classes that need to sort elements or search collections.

public interface IComparer {
// Public Instance Methods
   public method int Compare(object x, object y);  
}

Implemented By

CaseInsensitiveComparer, Comparer

Returned By

Hashtable.comparer

Passed To

System.Array.{BinarySearch(), Sort()}, ArrayList.{BinarySearch(), Sort()}, Hashtable.{comparer, Hashtable()}, SortedList.SortedList(), System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary.ListDictionary(), System.Collections.Specialized.NameObjectCollectionBase.NameObjectCollectionBase(), System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection.NameValueCollection(), System.Xml.XPath.XPathExpression.AddSort()

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596001819Catalog PageErrata