Compare Method (Object, Object)
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StringComparer.Compare Method (Object, Object)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

When overridden in a derived class, compares two objects and returns an indication of their relative sort order.

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

'Declaration
Public Function Compare ( _
	x As Object, _
	y As Object _
) As Integer

Parameters

x
Type: System.Object
An object to compare to y.
y
Type: System.Object
An object to compare to x.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32

Value

Meaning

Less than zero

x is less than y.

-or-

x is Nothing.

Zero

x is equal to y.

Greater than zero

x is greater than y.

-or-

y is Nothing.

Implements

IComparer.Compare(Object, Object)

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

Neither x nor y is a String object, and neither x nor y implements the IComparable interface.

The StringComparer.Compare(String, String) method is more efficient than the StringComparer.Compare(Object, Object) method because the x and y parameters do not have to be unboxed to perform the comparison.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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