Compares the enum instance to another specified enum instance based on their underlying
numeric values. The method returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the numerical value of the
enum instance is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified enum instance,
respectively. If the specified enum instance is not initialized, the method returns the
Unknown value (
?).
Return type: INTEGER
Access: PUBLIC
Applies to:
Progress.Lang.Enum class
Syntax
CompareTo ( INPUT otherEnum AS Progress.Lang.Enum )
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otherEnum
- A reference to a Progress.Lang.Enum instance. The enum type of this
instance must be the same as the enum type of the instance the method is invoked
on.
The following example compares two enum instances of type Days:
ENUM Days:
DEFINE ENUM Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday.
END ENUM.
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DEFINE VARIABLE myDeliveryDay AS Days NO-UNDO.
myDeliveryDay = Days:Sunday.
IF myDeliveryDay:CompareTo(Days:Friday) = 1 THEN
MESSAGE "That is not a valid delivery day.".
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Notes
- The method raises error if the two enum instances are not the same type.
- You can also use the >, <, =, <>, >=, and <= operators to perform the same type
of comparison. However, the enum type must be known at compile time for use with those
operators. You can use this method if you need more flexibility, because this method can
compare references of type Progress.Lang.Enum.
