This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

Byte::CompareTo Method (Object)

Compares this instance to a specified object and returns an indication of their relative values.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
virtual int CompareTo(
	Object^ value
) sealed

Parameters

value
Type: System::Object
An object to compare, or nullptr.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32
A signed integer that indicates the relative order of this instance and value.

Return Value

Description

Less than zero

This instance is less than value.

Zero

This instance is equal to value.

Greater than zero

This instance is greater than value.

-or-

value is nullptr.

Implements

IComparable::CompareTo(Object)

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

value is not a Byte.

value must be nullptr or an instance of Byte; otherwise, an exception is thrown.

Any instance of Byte, regardless of its value, is considered greater than nullptr.

This method is implemented to support the IComparable interface.

The following example demonstrates the CompareTo method.


public:
   void Compare( Byte myByte )
   {
      Int32 myCompareResult;

      myCompareResult = MemberByte.CompareTo( myByte );

      if ( myCompareResult > 0 )
      {
         Console::WriteLine(  "{0} is less than the MemberByte value {1}", myByte.ToString(), MemberByte.ToString() );
      }
      else
      {
         if ( myCompareResult < 0 )
            Console::WriteLine(  "{0} is greater than the MemberByte value {1}", myByte.ToString(), MemberByte.ToString() );
         else
            Console::WriteLine(  "{0} is equal to the MemberByte value {1}", myByte.ToString(), MemberByte.ToString() );
      }
   }


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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