Is it possible to compare object which are not in same order ?

Question

User527076549 posted

HI...

I want to know if v can compare objects which are not in same order and does not have same length as well ??

class Mylcass
{
public string propA { get; set; }
public string ProbB { get; set; }

public string probC { get; set; }
}

And two IEnumerable Collecction object of class Myclass.

Scenario1.

collection1 - {proprty A, property C}

collection2 -{property A,B,C}

when i try to compare these two object-> collection1.propertyC compared with collection2.propertyB. ,To avoid this i wanted to add null object of Myclass ,in collection at index 1.

Is it possible. Is there any was i can sort collection ? Hope you guys can understand my question ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

User475983607 posted

You are the only one that knows what makes two types equal or not.  The following link illustrates the standard pattern for comparing two types in C#.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.icomparer-1?view=netframework-4.8

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.icomparer?view=netframework-4.8

You get to define what equal means in the Compare() implementation.