string_compare.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main ()
{
  std::string str1 ("The");
  std::string str2 ("the");
  std::string str3 ("fox");

  if (str1.compare(str2) != 0)
  	 std::cout << str1 << " is not " << str2 << std::endl;  // "The" is not "the"
  	 
  std::cout << str1.compare(str2) << std::endl; // -1 "The" comes before "the"
  std::cout << str2.compare(str3) << std::endl; // +1 "the" comes after or greater than "fox"
  std::cout << str3.compare(str2) << std::endl; // -1 "fox" comes before "the"

  return 0;
}

/*
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*/