Wintellect.PowerCollections Namespace
Algorithms Class
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Bag<(Of <(<'T>)>)>..::..Difference Method

Computes the difference of this bag with another bag. The difference of these two bags is all items that appear in this bag, but not in otherBag. If an item appears X times in this bag, and Y times in the other bag, the difference contains the item X - Y times (zero times if Y >= X). A new bag is created with the difference of the bags and is returned. This bag and the other bag are unchanged.

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

Syntax


public Bag<T> Difference(
	Bag<T> otherBag
)
Public Function Difference ( _
	otherBag As Bag(Of T) _
) As Bag(Of T)
public:
Bag<T>^ Difference(
	Bag<T>^ otherBag
)

Parameters

otherBag
Type: Wintellect.PowerCollections..::..Bag<(Of <(<'T>)>)>
Bag to difference with.

Return Value

The difference of the two bags.

Exceptions


ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationExceptionThis bag and otherBag don't use the same method for comparing items.

Remarks


The difference of two bags is computed in time O(M + N), where M and N are the size of the two bags.