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Exposes a method that compares two objects.
Namespace: System.Collections
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Interface IComparer
public interface IComparer
public interface class IComparer
type IComparer = interface end
public interface IComparer
The IComparer type exposes the following members.
Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
.gif "Public method") |
Compare | Compares two objects and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other. |
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Remarks
This interface is used in conjunction with the Array.Sort and Array.BinarySearch methods. It provides a way to customize the sort order of a collection. See the Compare method for notes on parameters and return value.
The default implementation of this interface is the Comparer class. For the generic version of this interface, see IComparer.