SortPartialTKey, TValue Method (TKey, TValue, Int32, Boolean)

Partially orders a collection, making sure every element smaller than the n-th smaller element are in the beginning of the array.

Namespace: Accord
Assembly: Accord.Math (in Accord.Math.dll) Version: 3.8.0

Syntax

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public static void Partial<TKey, TValue>(
	TKey[] keys,
	TValue[] items,
	int n,
	bool asc = true
)
where TKey : Object, IComparable<TKey>

Public Shared Sub Partial(Of TKey As {Object, IComparable(Of TKey)}, TValue) ( 
	keys As TKey(),
	items As TValue(),
	n As Integer,
	Optional asc As Boolean = true
)

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Parameters

keys: Type: TKey
The keys that will be used to determine the order of elements in items.
items: Type: TValue
The array of elements from which the n-th element should be extracted.
n: Type: SystemInt32
The position to look for (0 returns the smallest element, 1 the second smallest, and so on).
asc (Optional): Type: SystemBoolean
Whether to take the smallest or the largest element. If set to false, instead of returning the smallest, the method will return the largest elements in the beginning of the array.

Type Parameters

TKey: The type for the keys associated with each value in the items array.
TValue: The type for the items in the array.

Reference

Sort Class

Partial Overload

Accord Namespace