Question

How to compare two strings lexicographically in Go

Answer 1

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	// func Compare(a, b string) int
	// result = 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b

	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("aa", "ab")) // <
	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("a", "b"))   // <
	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("a", "C"))   // <

	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("aa", "aa")) // ==

	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("ba", "aa")) // >
	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("Ca", "aa")) // >
	fmt.Println(strings.Compare("ab", "aa")) // >
}



/*
run:

-1
-1
1
0
1
-1
1

*/

 

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