Compare

Compares two BigInteger instances to each other returning their relation.

 Public Function Compare(
	  ByVal Left As BigInteger,
	  ByVal Right As BigInteger ) As Long

Parameters

Left

[ByVal] BigInteger. The left handed value to be compared to.

Right

[ByVal] BigInteger. The right handed value to be compared to.

Return Values

Remarks

If Nothing is passed in, it is treated as zero.

Value	Condition
Less than zero	Left is less than Right.
Zero	Left equals Right.
Greater than zero	Left is greater than Right.

 Dim a As BigInteger, b As BigInteger, Relation As String
 Set a = BInt(1)
 Set b = BInt(2)

 Select Case BigInteger.Compare(a, b)
     Case Is < 0: Relation = "<"
     Case Is > 0: Relation = ">"
     Case Else: Relation = "="
 End Select

 Console.WriteLine "{0} {1} {2}", a, Relation, b
 

See Also

Project CorLib Overview

Class BigIntegerStatic Overview