EqualCollections Generic Method

Wintellect PowerCollections

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Determines if the two collections contain equal items in the same order. The passed instance of IEqualityComparer<T> is used for determining if two items are equal.

Namespace: Wintellect.PowerCollections
Assembly: PowerCollections (in PowerCollections.dll)

Syntax

C#
public static bool EqualCollections<T>( IEnumerable<T> collection1, IEnumerable<T> collection2, IEqualityComparer<T> equalityComparer )

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function EqualCollections(Of T) ( _ collection1 As IEnumerable(Of T), _ collection2 As IEnumerable(Of T), _ equalityComparer As IEqualityComparer(Of T) _ ) As Boolean

Visual C++
public: generic<typename T> static bool EqualCollections ( IEnumerable<T>^ collection1, IEnumerable<T>^ collection2, IEqualityComparer<T>^ equalityComparer )

Parameters

collection1: IEnumerable<(Of <T>)>
The first collection to compare.

collection2: IEnumerable<(Of <T>)>
The second collection to compare.

equalityComparer: IEqualityComparer<(Of <T>)>
The IEqualityComparer<T> used to compare items for equality. Only the Equals member function of this interface is called.

Return Value

True if the collections have equal items in the same order. If both collections are empty, true is returned.

Type Parameters

T: The type of items in the collections.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
System..::ArgumentNullException	collection1, collection2, or equalityComparer is null.