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Compares two objects and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other.

Namespace: ?System.Collections
Assembly: ?mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Function Compare ( _ x As Object, _ y As Object _ ) As Integer

C#
int Compare( Object x, Object y )

Visual C++
int Compare( Object^ x, Object^ y )

JavaScript
function compare(x, y);

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

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
System..::.ArgumentException	Neither x nor y implements the IComparable interface.-or- x and y are of different types and neither one can handle comparisons with the other.