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Compares 'this' Cord with rhs.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/strings/cord.h>`

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int
Compare(std::string_view rhs) const;
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== Description

This function and its relatives treat Cords as sequences of unsigned bytes. The comparison is a straightforward lexicographic comparison. `Cord::Compare()` returns values as follows:

‐1 'this' Cord is smaller 0 two Cords are equal 1 'this' Cord is larger

== Return Value

‐1, 0, or 1 as described above.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *rhs*
| The string data to compare against.
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