Compares this pair to another pair of the some type. The pairs are compared by using the IComparable<T> or IComparable interface on TFirst and TSecond. The pairs are compared by their first elements first, if their first elements are equal, then they are compared by their second elements.

If either TFirst or TSecond does not implement IComparable<T> or IComparable, then an NotSupportedException is thrown, because the pairs cannot be compared.

private int IComparable.CompareTo(
	Object obj
)

Private Function System.IComparable.CompareTo ( _
	obj As Object _
) As Integer Implements IComparable.CompareTo

private:
virtual int System.IComparable.CompareTo (
	Object^ obj
) sealed = IComparable::CompareTo

Parameters

obj

Object
The pair to compare to.

Return Value

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