Interlocked.CompareExchange Method (Int32%, Int32, Int32)
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Compares two 32-bit signed integers for equality and, if they are equal, replaces one of the values.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Function CompareExchange ( _ ByRef location1 As Integer, _ value As Integer, _ comparand As Integer _ ) As Integer
Parameters
- location1
- Type:
System.Int32
%
The destination whose value is compared with comparand and possibly replaced.
- value
- Type: System.Int32
The value that replaces the destination value if the comparison results in equality.
- comparand
- Type: System.Int32
The value that is compared to the value at location1.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| NullReferenceException | The address of location1 is a null pointer. |
If comparand and the value in location1 are equal, then value is stored in location1. Otherwise, no operation is performed. The comparison and the exchange are performed as an atomic operation. The return value of CompareExchange is the original value in location1, whether or not the exchange takes place.