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Hi is there an easy way to compare arrays without going through each
entry in the arrays?
Say I have two arrays and I want to find entries that are not present in
both.

Thanks

Jacob Thastrup

Nov 20 '05 #1
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public static bool CompareByteArra ys (byte[] data1, byte[] data2)
{
// If both are null, they're equal
if (data1==null && data2==null)
{
return true;
}
// If either but not both are null, they're not equal
if (data1==null || data2==null)
{
return false;
}
if (data1.Length != data2.Length)
{
return false;
}
for (int i=0; i < data1.Length; i++)
{
if (data1[i] != data2[i])
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}

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Hi is there an easy way to compare arrays without going through each
entry in the arrays?
Say I have two arrays and I want to find entries that are not present in
both.

Thanks

Jacob Thastrup

Nov 20 '05 #2

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