Source file src/strings/compare.go

     1  // Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  package strings
     6  
     7  import "internal/bytealg"
     8  
     9  // Compare returns an integer comparing two strings lexicographically.
    10  // The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.
    11  //
    12  // Use Compare when you need to perform a three-way comparison (with
    13  // slices.SortFunc, for example). It is usually clearer and always faster
    14  // to use the built-in string comparison operators ==, <, >, and so on.
    15  func Compare(a, b string) int {
    16  	return bytealg.CompareString(a, b)
    17  }
    18  

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