Compare Method
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IComparer(Of T).Compare Method

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

Compares two objects and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other.

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

'Declaration
Function Compare ( _
	x As T, _
	y As T _
) As Integer

Parameters

x
Type: T
The first object to compare.
y
Type: T
The second object to compare.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
A signed integer that indicates the relative values of x and y, as shown in the following table.

Value

Condition

Less than zero

x is less than y.

Zero

x equals y.

Greater than zero

x is greater than y.

Implement this method to provide a customized sort order comparison for type T.

Comparing Nothing with any reference type is allowed and does not generate an exception. A null reference is considered to be less than any reference that is not null.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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