C# StringComparer Compare(String, String)

Description

StringComparer Compare(String, String) when overridden in a derived class, compares two strings and returns an indication of their relative sort order.

Syntax

StringComparer.Compare(String, String) has the following syntax.

public abstract int Compare(
  string x,
  string y
)

Parameters

StringComparer.Compare(String, String) has the following parameters.

• x - A string to compare to y.
• y - A string to compare to x.

Returns

StringComparer.Compare(String, String) method returns 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. -or- x is null. Zero x is equal to y. Greater than zero x is greater than y. -or- y is null.

Example

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class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        StringComparer invCmp =   StringComparer.Ordinal;
        
        Console.WriteLine(invCmp.Compare(invCmp,StringComparer.InvariantCulture));
    }

}

The code above generates the following result.