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How to use a generic class for System.Math methods in C#

I am trying to achieve something similar to the following code snippet.

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As the red line indicates Math.Min for IComparable<T> does not seem to work. I need to use Math.Min or Math.Max for this generic class. The T is going to be either int or double or decimal type.

How could I easily solve this?

Solution

  • Write your own generic Max and Min

    public static T Max<T>(T x, T y)
{
    return (Comparer<T>.Default.Compare(x, y) > 0) ? x : y;
}