using System; using System.Collections.Generic;public class DinoComparer: IComparer<string> { public int Compare(string x, string y) { if (x == null) { if (y == null) { // If x is null and y is null, they're // equal. return 0; } else { // If x is null and y is not null, y // is greater. return -1; } } else { // If x is not null... // if (y == null) // ...and y is null, x is greater. { return 1; } else { // ...and y is not null, compare the // lengths of the two strings. // int retval = x.Length.CompareTo(y.Length); if (retval != 0) { // If the strings are not of equal length, // the longer string is greater. // return retval; } else { // If the strings are of equal length, // sort them with ordinary string comparison. // return x.CompareTo(y); } } } } }public class Example { public static void Main() { List<string> dinosaurs = new List<string>(); dinosaurs.Add("Pachycephalosaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus"); Display(dinosaurs); DinoComparer dc = new DinoComparer(); Console.WriteLine("\nSort with alternate comparer:"); dinosaurs.Sort(dc); Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, "Coelophysis", dc); Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, "Oviraptor", dc); Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, "Tyrannosaur", dc); Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, null, dc); Display(dinosaurs); } private static void SearchAndInsert(List<string> list, string insert, DinoComparer dc) { Console.WriteLine("\nBinarySearch and Insert \"{0}\":", insert); int index = list.BinarySearch(insert, dc); if (index < 0) { list.Insert(~index, insert); } } private static void Display(List<string> list) { Console.WriteLine(); foreach( string s in list ) { Console.WriteLine(s); } } }/* This code example produces the following output:Pachycephalosaurus Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus DeinonychusSort with alternate comparer:Deinonychus Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "Coelophysis":Coelophysis Deinonychus Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "Oviraptor":Oviraptor Coelophysis Deinonychus Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "Tyrannosaur":Oviraptor Coelophysis Deinonychus Tyrannosaur Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "": Oviraptor Coelophysis Deinonychus Tyrannosaur Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus Pachycephalosaurus */
using System.Collections.Generic;public class DinoComparer: IComparer<string>
{
public int Compare(string x, string y)
{
if (x == null)
{
if (y == null)
{
// If x is null and y is null, they're
// equal.
return 0;
}
else
{
// If x is null and y is not null, y
// is greater.
return -1;
}
}
else
{
// If x is not null...
//
if (y == null)
// ...and y is null, x is greater.
{
return 1;
}
else
{
// ...and y is not null, compare the
// lengths of the two strings.
//
int retval = x.Length.CompareTo(y.Length); if (retval != 0)
{
// If the strings are not of equal length,
// the longer string is greater.
//
return retval;
}
else
{
// If the strings are of equal length,
// sort them with ordinary string comparison.
//
return x.CompareTo(y);
}
}
}
}
}public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
List<string> dinosaurs = new List<string>();
dinosaurs.Add("Pachycephalosaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus");
Display(dinosaurs); DinoComparer dc = new DinoComparer(); Console.WriteLine("\nSort with alternate comparer:");
dinosaurs.Sort(dc);
Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, "Coelophysis", dc);
Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, "Oviraptor", dc);
Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, "Tyrannosaur", dc);
Display(dinosaurs); SearchAndInsert(dinosaurs, null, dc);
Display(dinosaurs);
} private static void SearchAndInsert(List<string> list,
string insert, DinoComparer dc)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nBinarySearch and Insert \"{0}\":", insert); int index = list.BinarySearch(insert, dc); if (index < 0)
{
list.Insert(~index, insert);
}
} private static void Display(List<string> list)
{
Console.WriteLine();
foreach( string s in list )
{
Console.WriteLine(s);
}
}
}/* This code example produces the following output:Pachycephalosaurus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
DeinonychusSort with alternate comparer:Deinonychus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "Coelophysis":Coelophysis
Deinonychus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "Oviraptor":Oviraptor
Coelophysis
Deinonychus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "Tyrannosaur":Oviraptor
Coelophysis
Deinonychus
Tyrannosaur
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
PachycephalosaurusBinarySearch and Insert "":
Oviraptor
Coelophysis
Deinonychus
Tyrannosaur
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Pachycephalosaurus
*/