SByte.IComparable.CompareTo(Object) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Compares the current instance with another object of the same type and returns an integer that indicates whether the current instance precedes, follows, or occurs in the same position in the sort order as the other object.

 virtual int System.IComparable.CompareTo(System::Object ^ obj) = IComparable::CompareTo;

int IComparable.CompareTo (object obj);

abstract member System.IComparable.CompareTo : obj -> int
override this.System.IComparable.CompareTo : obj -> int

Function CompareTo (obj As Object) As Integer Implements IComparable.CompareTo

Parameters

obj

Object

The object to compare.

Returns

Int32

A value that indicates the relative order of the objects being compared.

Implements

CompareTo(Object)

Remarks

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

The return value has these meanings:

Value	Meaning
Less than zero	This instance precedes obj in the sort order.
Zero	This instance occurs in the same position in the sort order as obj.
Greater than zero	This instance follows obj in the sort order.