Where can I find the “clamp” function in .NET?

Question

I would like to clamp a value x to a range [a, b]:

x = (x < a) ? a : ((x > b) ? b : x);

This is quite basic

Answer 1

If I want to validate the range of an argument in [min, max], the I use the following handy class:

public class RangeLimit where T : IComparable
{
    public T Min { get; }
    public T Max { get; }
    public RangeLimit(T min, T max)
    {
        if (min.CompareTo(max) > 0)
            throw new InvalidOperationException("invalid range");
        Min = min;
        Max = max;
    }

    public void Validate(T param)
    {
        if (param.CompareTo(Min) < 0 || param.CompareTo(Max) > 0)
            throw new InvalidOperationException("invalid argument");
    }

    public T Clamp(T param) => param.CompareTo(Min) < 0 ? Min : param.CompareTo(Max) > 0 ? Max : param;
}

The class works for all object which are IComparable. I create an instance with a certain range:

RangeLimit range = new RangeLimit(0, 100);

I an either validate an argument

range.Validate(value);

or clamp the argument to the range:

var v = range.Validate(value);