M_CodeJam_Collections_EnumerableExtensions_MaxBy__2_1

EnumerableExtensions.MaxBy(TSource, TValue) Method (IEnumerable(TSource), Func(TSource, TValue), IComparer(TValue))

[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]

Invokes a selector on each element of a source and returns the item with maximum value.

Namespace: CodeJam.Collections
Assembly: CodeJam (in CodeJam.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)

Syntax

C#

public static TSource MaxBy<TSource, TValue>(
	this IEnumerable<TSource> source,
	Func<TSource, TValue> selector,
	IComparer<TValue> comparer
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function MaxBy(Of TSource, TValue) ( 
	source As IEnumerable(Of TSource),
	selector As Func(Of TSource, TValue),
	comparer As IComparer(Of TValue)
) As TSource

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member MaxBy : 
        source : IEnumerable<'TSource> * 
        selector : Func<'TSource, 'TValue> * 
        comparer : IComparer<'TValue> -> 'TSource 

Parameters

 

source

Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(TSource)
A sequence of values to determine the maximum value of.

selector

Type: System.Func(TSource, TValue)
A transform function to apply to each element.

comparer

Type: System.Collections.Generic.IComparer(TValue)
The IComparer(T) to compare values.

Type Parameters

 

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

TValue

Type of the value

Return Value

Type: TSource
The item with maximum value in the sequence.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable(TSource). When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

See Also

Reference

EnumerableExtensions Class
MaxBy Overload
CodeJam.Collections Namespace