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BigInteger.GreaterThan Operator (BigInteger, UInt64)

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Returns a value that indicates whether a BigInteger value is greater than a 64-bit unsigned integer.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Operator > ( _
    left As BigInteger, _
    right As ULong _
) As Boolean

public static bool operator >(
    BigInteger left,
    ulong right
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if left is greater than right; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The GreaterThan method defines the operation of the greater than operator for BigInteger values. It enables code such as the following:

Dim bigNumber As BigInteger = BigInteger.Pow(Int32.MaxValue, 2)
Dim number As ULong = UInt64.MaxValue
If bigNumber > number Then
   ' Do something
End If

BigInteger bigNumber = BigInteger.Pow(Int32.MaxValue, 2);
ulong number = UInt64.MaxValue;
if (bigNumber > number)
{
   // Do something
}

Languages that do not support custom operators can call the BigInteger.CompareTo(UInt64) method instead. Some languages can also call the GreaterThan(BigInteger, UInt64) method directly, as the following example shows.

Dim bigNumber As BigInteger = BigInteger.Pow(Int32.MaxValue, 2)
Dim number As ULong = UInt64.MaxValue
If BigInteger.op_GreaterThan(bigNumber, number) Then
   ' Do something
End If

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

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