Tuple.IStructuralComparable.CompareTo(Object, IComparer) Method

 virtual int System.Collections.IStructuralComparable.CompareTo(System::Object ^ other, System::Collections::IComparer ^ comparer) = System::Collections::IStructuralComparable::CompareTo;

int IStructuralComparable.CompareTo(object other, System.Collections.IComparer comparer);

abstract member System.Collections.IStructuralComparable.CompareTo : obj * System.Collections.IComparer -> int
override this.System.Collections.IStructuralComparable.CompareTo : obj * System.Collections.IComparer -> int

Function CompareTo (other As Object, comparer As IComparer) As Integer Implements IStructuralComparable.CompareTo

Parameters

Returns

A signed integer that indicates the relative position of this instance and other in the sort order, as shown in the following table.

Implements

Exceptions

Examples

The following example creates an array of Tuple objects that consist of a student's name and test score. It displays the component of each tuple in the array in unsorted order, sorts the array, and then calls ToString to display the value of each tuple in sorted order. To sort the array, the example defines a generic ScoreComparer class that implements the IComparer interface and sorts the Tuple objects in ascending order by the value of their second component rather than their first component. Note that the example does not directly call the IStructuralComparable.CompareTo method. This method is called implicitly by the Array.Sort(Array, IComparer) method for each element in the array.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class ScoreComparer : IComparer
{
   public int Compare(object x, object y)
   {
      Tuple tX = x as Tuple;
      if (tX == null)
      { 
         return 0;
      }   
      else
      {
         Tuple tY = y as Tuple;
         return Comparer.Default.Compare(tX.Item2, tY.Item2);             
      }
   }
}

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Tuple>[] scores = 
                    { new Tuple>("Jack", 78),
                      new Tuple>("Abbey", 92), 
                      new Tuple>("Dave", 88),
                      new Tuple>("Sam", 91), 
                      new Tuple>("Ed", null),
                      new Tuple>("Penelope", 82),
                      new Tuple>("Linda", 99),
                      new Tuple>("Judith", 84) };

      Console.WriteLine("The values in unsorted order:");
      foreach (var score in scores)
         Console.WriteLine(score.ToString());

      Console.WriteLine();

      Array.Sort(scores, new ScoreComparer>());

      Console.WriteLine("The values in sorted order:");
      foreach (var score in scores)
         Console.WriteLine(score.ToString());
   }
}
// The example displays the following output;
//       The values in unsorted order:
//       (Jack, 78)
//       (Abbey, 92)
//       (Dave, 88)
//       (Sam, 91)
//       (Ed, )
//       (Penelope, 82)
//       (Linda, 99)
//       (Judith, 84)
//       
//       The values in sorted order:
//       (Ed, )
//       (Jack, 78)
//       (Penelope, 82)
//       (Judith, 84)
//       (Dave, 88)
//       (Sam, 91)
//       (Abbey, 92)
//       (Linda, 99)

open System
open System.Collections
open System.Collections.Generic

type ScoreComparer<'T1, 'T2>() =
    interface IComparer with
        member _.Compare(x: obj, y: obj) =
            match x with
            | :? Tuple<'T1, 'T2> as tX ->
                let tY = y :?> Tuple<'T1, 'T2>
                Comparer<'T2>.Default.Compare(tX.Item2, tY.Item2)             
            | _ -> 0

let scores = 
    [| Tuple>("Jack", 78)
       Tuple>("Abbey", 92) 
       Tuple>("Dave", 88)
       Tuple>("Sam", 91) 
       Tuple>("Ed", Nullable())
       Tuple>("Penelope", 82)
       Tuple>("Linda", 99)
       Tuple>("Judith", 84) |]

printfn "The values in unsorted order:"
for score in scores do
    printfn $"{score}"

printfn ""

Array.Sort(scores, ScoreComparer>())

printfn "The values in sorted order:"
for score in scores do
    printfn $"{score}"
// The example displays the following output
//       The values in unsorted order:
//       (Jack, 78)
//       (Abbey, 92)
//       (Dave, 88)
//       (Sam, 91)
//       (Ed, )
//       (Penelope, 82)
//       (Linda, 99)
//       (Judith, 84)
//       
//       The values in sorted order:
//       (Ed, )
//       (Jack, 78)
//       (Penelope, 82)
//       (Judith, 84)
//       (Dave, 88)
//       (Sam, 91)
//       (Abbey, 92)
//       (Linda, 99)

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Public Class ScoreComparer(Of T1, T2) : Implements IComparer
   Public Function Compare(x As Object, y As Object) As Integer _
                   Implements IComparer.Compare
      Dim tX As Tuple(Of T1, T2) = TryCast(x, Tuple(Of T1, T2))
      If tX Is Nothing Then
         Return 0
      Else
         Dim tY As Tuple(Of T1, T2) = DirectCast(y, Tuple(Of T1, T2))
         Return Comparer(Of T2).Default.Compare(tx.Item2, tY.Item2)             
      End If
   End Function
End Class

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim scores() As Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer)) = 
                      { New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Jack", 78),
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Abbey", 92), 
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Dave", 88),
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Sam", 91), 
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Ed", Nothing),
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Penelope", 82),
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Linda", 99),
                        New Tuple(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))("Judith", 84) }

      Console.WriteLine("The values in unsorted order:")
      For Each score In scores
         Console.WriteLine(score.ToString())
      Next
      Console.WriteLine()

      Array.Sort(scores, New ScoreComparer(Of String, Nullable(Of Integer))())

      Console.WriteLine("The values in sorted order:")
      For Each score In scores
         Console.WriteLine(score.ToString())
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output;
'       The values in unsorted order:
'       (Jack, 78)
'       (Abbey, 92)
'       (Dave, 88)
'       (Sam, 91)
'       (Ed, )
'       (Penelope, 82)
'       (Linda, 99)
'       (Judith, 84)
'       
'       The values in sorted order:
'       (Ed, )
'       (Jack, 78)
'       (Penelope, 82)
'       (Judith, 84)
'       (Dave, 88)
'       (Sam, 91)
'       (Abbey, 92)
'       (Linda, 99)

Remarks

This member is an explicit interface member implementation. It can be used only when the Tuple instance is cast to an IStructuralComparable interface.

Although this method can be called directly, it is most commonly called by collection sorting methods that include IComparer parameters to order the members of a collection. For example, it is called by the Array.Sort(Array, IComparer) method and the Add method of a SortedList object that is instantiated by using the SortedList.SortedList(IComparer) constructor.

See also

• IStructuralEquatable.Equals(Object, IEqualityComparer)