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C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition
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C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition

by Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari, Ted Neward
August 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
32h 1m
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 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: 0596005261Catalog PageErrata