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BigInteger::CompareTo Method (Object^)

 

Compares this instance to a specified object and returns an integer that indicates whether the value of this instance is less than, equal to, or greater than the value of the specified object.

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

public:
virtual int CompareTo(
	Object^ obj
) sealed

Parameters

obj
Type: System::Object^

The object to compare.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

A signed integer that indicates the relationship of the current instance to the obj parameter, as shown in the following table.

Return value

Description

Less than zero

The current instance is less than obj.

Zero

The current instance equals obj.

Greater than zero

The current instance is greater than obj, or the obj parameter is null.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

obj is not a BigInteger.

This overload of the CompareTo method implements the IComparable::CompareTo method. It is used by non-generic collection objects to order the items in the collection.

The obj parameter must be one of the following:

  • An object whose run-time type is BigInteger.

  • An Object variable whose value is null. If the value of the obj parameter is null, the method returns 1, which indicates that that the current instance is greater than obj.

The following example calls the CompareTo(Object^) method to compare a BigInteger value with each element in an object array

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
Silverlight
Available since 4.0
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