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Compare this and the specified `other` string objects using a lexicographical comparison and return a negative value if this string is less than `other` string, a positive value if this string is greater than `other` string, and 0 if this string is equal to `other` string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_stringref.h>`

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int
compare(xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp-0c.adoc[StringRefImp<wchar_t>] const& other) const;
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