Wintellect.PowerCollections Namespace
Algorithms Class
Algorithms Methods
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Algorithms..::..IsProperSubsetOf<(Of <(<'T>)>)> Method (IEnumerable<(Of <(<'T>)>)>, IEnumerable<(Of <(<'T>)>)>)

Determines if one collection is a proper subset of another, considered as sets. The first set is a proper subset of the second set if every item in the first set also occurs in the second set, and the first set is strictly smaller than the second set. If an item appears X times in the first set, it must appear at least X times in the second set.

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

Syntax


public static bool IsProperSubsetOf<T>(
	IEnumerable<T> collection1,
	IEnumerable<T> collection2
)
Public Shared Function IsProperSubsetOf(Of T) ( _
	collection1 As IEnumerable(Of T), _
	collection2 As IEnumerable(Of T) _
) As Boolean
public:
generic<typename T>
static bool^ IsProperSubsetOf(
	IEnumerable<T>^ collection1, 
	IEnumerable<T>^ collection2
)

Type Parameters

T

Parameters

collection1
Type: IEnumerable<(Of <(<'T>)>)>
The first collection.
collection2
Type: IEnumerable<(Of <(<'T>)>)>
The second collection.

Return Value

True if collection1 is a subset of collection2, considered as sets.

Exceptions


ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullExceptioncollection1 or collection2 is null.

Remarks


The default sense of equality for T is used, as defined by T's implementation of IComparable<T>.Equals or object.Equals.

If both collections are Set, Bag, OrderedSet, or OrderedBag collections, it is more efficient to use the IsSubsetOf method on that class.