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ModelCollationComparer.Compare Method (String, String)

Compares two specified String objects and returns an integer that indicates their relationship to each other in the sort order.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Schema (in Microsoft.Data.Schema.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Compare ( _
    x As String, _
    y As String _
) As Integer
public int Compare(
    string x,
    string y
)
public:
virtual int Compare(
    String^ x, 
    String^ y
) sealed
abstract Compare : 
        x:string * 
        y:string -> int 
override Compare : 
        x:string * 
        y:string -> int 
public final function Compare(
    x : String, 
    y : String
) : int

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 that indicates the lexical relationship between the two objects.

Value

Condition

Less than zero

x is less than y.

Zero

x equals y.

Greater than zero

x is greater than y.

Implements

IComparer<T>.Compare(T, T)

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ModelCollationComparer Class

Compare Overload

Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel Namespace

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