Difference Method

Wintellect PowerCollections

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Computes the difference of this set with another set. The difference of these two sets is all items that appear in this set, but not in otherSet. A new set is created with the difference of the sets and is returned. This set and the other set are unchanged.

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

Syntax

C#
public Set<T> Difference(
	Set<T> otherSet
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function Difference ( _
	otherSet As Set(Of T) _
) As Set(Of T)
Visual C++
public:
Set<T>^ Difference (
	Set<T>^ otherSet
)

Parameters

otherSet
Set<(Of <T>)>
Set to difference with.

Return Value

The difference of the two sets.

Remarks

The difference of two sets is computed in time O(N), where N is the size of the smaller set.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::InvalidOperationExceptionThis set and otherSet don't use the same method for comparing items.

See Also