Compare Method (TdNumber)

Compares two instances of TdNumber and returns a value indicating whether is greater than, less than or equal to .

Syntax

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function Compare( _
   ByVal left As TdNumber, _
   ByVal right As TdNumber _
) As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim left As TdNumber
Dim right As TdNumber
Dim value As Integer
 
value = TdNumber.Compare(left, right)

public static int Compare( 
   TdNumber left,
   TdNumber right
)

public:
static int Compare( 
   TdNumber left,
   TdNumber right
)

Returns a value that indicates that the is less, greater, or equal to the right operand.

Remarks

The following are the values that can be returned:

Return Value	Meaning
Less than zero	left is less than right. -or- left is TdNumber.Null.
Zero	left is equal to right. -or- left and right are Null.
Greater than zero	left is greater than right. -or- right is Null.

Return Value

Meaning

Less than zero

left is less than right.

-or-

Zero

left is equal to right.

-or-

left and right are Null.

Greater than zero

left is greater than right.

-or-

right is Null.

Requirements