Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4>.IStructuralComparable.CompareTo 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<T1,T2,T3,T4> objects that contain statistical data about baseball pitchers. The data items include the name of the pitcher, the number of innings pitched, the pitcher's earned run average (the average number of runs a pitcher allows per game), and the number of hits the pitcher has given up. The example 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 PitcherComparer class that implements the IComparer interface and sorts the Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4> objects in ascending order by the value of their third component (the earned run average) rather than their first component. Note that the example does not directly call the IStructuralComparable.CompareTo(Object, IComparer) 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 PitcherComparer<T1, T2, T3, T4> : IComparer
{
   public int Compare(object x, object y)
   {
      Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4> tX = x as Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4>;
      if (tX == null)
      { 
         return 0;
      }   
      else
      {
         Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4> tY = y as Tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4>;
         return Comparer<T3>.Default.Compare(tX.Item3, tY.Item3);             
      }
   }
}

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Tuple<string, double, double, int>[] pitchers = 
                    { Tuple.Create("McHale, Joe", 240.1, 3.60, 221),
                      Tuple.Create("Paul, Dave", 233.1, 3.24, 231), 
                      Tuple.Create("Williams, Mike", 193.2, 4.00, 183),
                      Tuple.Create("Blair, Jack", 168.1, 3.48, 146), 
                      Tuple.Create("Henry, Walt", 140.1, 1.92, 96),
                      Tuple.Create("Lee, Adam", 137.2, 2.94, 109),
                      Tuple.Create("Rohr, Don", 101.0, 3.74, 110) };

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

      Console.WriteLine();

      Array.Sort(pitchers, new PitcherComparer<string, double, double, int>());

      Console.WriteLine("The values sorted by earned run average (component 3):");
      foreach (var pitcher in pitchers)
         Console.WriteLine(pitcher.ToString());
   }
}
// The example displays the following output;
//       The values in unsorted order:
//       (McHale, Joe, 240.1, 3.6, 221)
//       (Paul, Dave, 233.1, 3.24, 231)
//       (Williams, Mike, 193.2, 4, 183)
//       (Blair, Jack, 168.1, 3.48, 146)
//       (Henry, Walt, 140.1, 1.92, 96)
//       (Lee, Adam, 137.2, 2.94, 109)
//       (Rohr, Don, 101, 3.74, 110)
//       
//       The values sorted by earned run average (component 3):
//       (Henry, Walt, 140.1, 1.92, 96)
//       (Lee, Adam, 137.2, 2.94, 109)
//       (Rohr, Don, 101, 3.74, 110)
//       (Blair, Jack, 168.1, 3.48, 146)
//       (McHale, Joe, 240.1, 3.6, 221)
//       (Paul, Dave, 233.1, 3.24, 231)
//       (Williams, Mike, 193.2, 4, 183)

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

type PitcherComparer<'T1, 'T2, 'T3, 'T4>() =
    interface IComparer with
        member _.Compare(x: obj, y: obj) =
            match x with
            | :? Tuple<'T1, 'T2, 'T3, 'T4> as tX ->
                let tY = y :?> Tuple<'T1, 'T2, 'T3, 'T4>
                Comparer<'T3>.Default.Compare(tX.Item3, tY.Item3)             
            | _ -> 0

let pitchers = 
    [| Tuple.Create("McHale, Joe", 240.1, 3.60, 221)
       Tuple.Create("Paul, Dave", 233.1, 3.24, 231)
       Tuple.Create("Williams, Mike", 193.2, 4.00, 183)
       Tuple.Create("Blair, Jack", 168.1, 3.48, 146)
       Tuple.Create("Henry, Walt", 140.1, 1.92, 96)
       Tuple.Create("Lee, Adam", 137.2, 2.94, 109)
       Tuple.Create("Rohr, Don", 101.0, 3.74, 110) |]

printfn "The values in unsorted order:"
for pitcher in pitchers do
    printfn $"{pitcher}"

printfn ""

Array.Sort(pitchers, PitcherComparer<string, double, double, int>())

printfn "The values sorted by earned run average (component 3):"
for pitcher in pitchers do
    printfn $"{pitcher}"
// The example displays the following output
//       The values in unsorted order:
//       (McHale, Joe, 240.1, 3.6, 221)
//       (Paul, Dave, 233.1, 3.24, 231)
//       (Williams, Mike, 193.2, 4, 183)
//       (Blair, Jack, 168.1, 3.48, 146)
//       (Henry, Walt, 140.1, 1.92, 96)
//       (Lee, Adam, 137.2, 2.94, 109)
//       (Rohr, Don, 101, 3.74, 110)
//       
//       The values sorted by earned run average (component 3):
//       (Henry, Walt, 140.1, 1.92, 96)
//       (Lee, Adam, 137.2, 2.94, 109)
//       (Rohr, Don, 101, 3.74, 110)
//       (Blair, Jack, 168.1, 3.48, 146)
//       (McHale, Joe, 240.1, 3.6, 221)
//       (Paul, Dave, 233.1, 3.24, 231)
//       (Williams, Mike, 193.2, 4, 183)

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Public Class PitcherComparer(Of T1, T2, T3, T4) : Implements IComparer
   Public Function Compare(x As Object, y As Object) As Integer _
                   Implements IComparer.Compare
      Dim tX As Tuple(Of T1, T2, T3) = TryCast(x, Tuple(Of T1, T2, T3))
      If tX Is Nothing Then
         Return 0
      Else
         Dim tY As Tuple(Of T1, T2, T3) = DirectCast(y, Tuple(Of T1, T2, T3))
         Return Comparer(Of T3).Default.Compare(tx.Item3, tY.Item3)             
      End If
   End Function
End Class

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim pitchers() = 
                { Tuple.Create("McHale, Joe", 240.1, 3.60, 221),
                  Tuple.Create("Paul, Dave", 233.1, 3.24, 231), 
                  Tuple.Create("Williams, Mike", 193.2, 4.00, 183),
                  Tuple.Create("Blair, Jack", 168.1, 3.48, 146), 
                  Tuple.Create("Henry, Walt", 140.1, 1.92, 96),
                  Tuple.Create("Lee, Adam", 137.2, 2.94, 109),
                  Tuple.Create("Rohr, Don", 101.0, 3.74, 110) }

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

      Array.Sort(pitchers, New PitcherComparer(Of String, Double, Double, Integer)())

      Console.WriteLine("The values sorted by earned run average (component 3):")
      For Each pitcher In pitchers
         Console.WriteLine(pitcher.ToString())
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output;
'       The values in unsorted order:
'       (McHale, Joe, 240.1, 3.6, 221)
'       (Paul, Dave, 233.1, 3.24, 231)
'       (Williams, Mike, 193.2, 4, 183)
'       (Blair, Jack, 168.1, 3.48, 146)
'       (Henry, Walt, 140.1, 1.92, 96)
'       (Lee, Adam, 137.2, 2.94, 109)
'       (Rohr, Don, 101, 3.74, 110)
'       
'       The values sorted by earned run average (component 3):
'       (Henry, Walt, 140.1, 1.92, 96)
'       (Lee, Adam, 137.2, 2.94, 109)
'       (Rohr, Don, 101, 3.74, 110)
'       (Blair, Jack, 168.1, 3.48, 146)
'       (McHale, Joe, 240.1, 3.6, 221)
'       (Paul, Dave, 233.1, 3.24, 231)
'       (Williams, Mike, 193.2, 4, 183)

Remarks

This member is an explicit interface member implementation. It can be used only when the Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4> 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.

Applies to