Re: [Boost-users] String compare (instead of just less) that returns -1, 0 or 1

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-05 11:18:11

Olaf van der Spek wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Does Boost contain a (string) compare function that returns -1 if a <
>b, 0 if a == b and 1 if a > b?
>Doing both < and == sounds like a lot of extra work in for example
>sorting algorithms.
>  
>
std::string itself has a compare() member function that does this. You 
can use Boost.Bind to turn it into a function object.

In addition, the string algorithm library has such functions in the 
development version, likely to be included in the next official release.

Sebastian Redl