FirstConsecutiveEqual Generic Method

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Finds the first occurence of count consecutive "equal" items in the list. The passed BinaryPredicate is used to determine if two items are "equal".

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

Syntax

C#
public static int FirstConsecutiveEqual<T>( IList<T> list, int count, BinaryPredicate<T> predicate )

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function FirstConsecutiveEqual(Of T) ( _ list As IList(Of T), _ count As Integer, _ predicate As BinaryPredicate(Of T) _ ) As Integer

Visual C++
public: generic<typename T> static int FirstConsecutiveEqual ( IList<T>^ list, int count, BinaryPredicate<T>^ predicate )

count: Int32
The number of consecutive equal items to look for. The count must be at least 1.

predicate: BinaryPredicate<(Of <T>)>
The BinaryPredicate used to compare items for "equality".

The index of the first item in the first run of count consecutive equal items, or -1 if no such run exists.

Since an arbitrary BinaryPredicate is passed to this function, what is being tested for need not be true equality.