C# check which integer is higher

I h开发者_StackOverflow社区ave two integers, int1 and int2. I want to check which one is the higher one. How can I do this the best? Is there an C#.NET function for this or do I have to write it myself?

Ofcource I can do something similar to this:

if (int1 < int2)
    return int1;
else
    return int2;

But I was wondering if there is a more elegant way for doing this?

yours, Bernhard

Math.Max

Usage:

int highest = Math.Max(int1, int2);

It's overloaded for all numeric types.

use this :

   int result = Math.Max(int1,int2);

The ternary operator is a bit nicer:

return (int1 > int2) ? (int1) : (int2) ;

int result = int1 > int2 ? int1 : int2;

If you wanted a more elegant way of doing this going forward you could use method extensions. See Example below

public static int CompareTo(this int src, int compare)
{
     return src == compare ? 0 : (Math.Max(src, compare) == src ? 1 : -1);
}

HTH,

Matti