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C# Data Structures and Algorithms

You're reading from   C# Data Structures and Algorithms Explore the possibilities of C# for developing a variety of efficient applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788833738
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marcin Jamro Marcin Jamro
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"Sorted" sets

The previously described class, HashSet, can be understood as a dictionary that stores only keys, without values. So, if there is the SortedDictionary class, maybe there is also the SortedSet class? Indeed, there is! However, can a set be "sorted"? Why is the "sorted" word written with quotation marks? The answer is simple—by definition, a set stores a collection of distinct objects without duplicated elements and without a particular order. If a set does not support order, how can it be "sorted"? For this reason, a "sorted" set can be understood as a combination of HashSet and SortedList, not a set itself.

The "sorted" set can be used if you want to have a sorted collection of distinct objects without duplicated elements. The suitable class is named SortedSet and is available in the System.Collections...

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