TotalOrderIeee754Comparer<T>.Compare(T, T) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Numerics

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

TotalOrderIeee754Comparer.cs

Compares two numbers with IEEE 754 totalOrder semantic and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other.

public:
 virtual int Compare(T x, T y);

public int Compare (T? x, T? y);

abstract member Compare : 'T * 'T -> int
override this.Compare : 'T * 'T -> int

Public Function Compare (x As T, y As T) As Integer

Parameters

x

T

The first number to compare.

y

T

The second number to compare.

Returns

Int32

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

Value	Meaning
Less than zero	x is less than y
Zero	x equals y
Greater than zero	x is greater than y

Implements

Compare(T, T)

Remarks

IEEE 754 specification defines totalOrder as <= semantic. totalOrder(x,y) is true when the result of this method is less than or equal to 0.