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SortedSet<T>.ExceptWith Method

Removes all elements that are in a specified collection from the current SortedSet<T> object.

Namespace:  System.Collections.Generic
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
public void ExceptWith(
	IEnumerable<T> other
)

Parameters

other
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>

The collection of items to remove from the SortedSet<T> object.

Implements

ISet<T>.ExceptWith(IEnumerable<T>)
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

other is null.

This method removes any element in the current SortedSet<T> that is also in other. Duplicate values in other are ignored.

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is the number of elements in the other parameter.

The following example removes elements from a sorted set that are duplicated in another sorted set. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the SortedSet<T> class.

// Remove elements in mediaFiles1 that are also in mediaFiles2.
Console.WriteLine("Remove duplicates (of mediaFiles2) from the set...");
Console.WriteLine("\tCount before: {0}", mediaFiles1.Count.ToString());
mediaFiles1.ExceptWith(mediaFiles2);
Console.WriteLine("\tCount after: {0}", mediaFiles1.Count.ToString());

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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