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Compare the specified string object `a` with the specified null‐terminated C‐string `b` using a lexicographical comparison and return a negative value if `a` is less than `b`, a positive value if `a` is greater than `b`, and 0 if `a` is equal to `b`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_stringref.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class CHAR_TYPE>
static
int
compare(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp-0c.adoc[StringRefImp<CHAR_TYPE>] const& a,
    CHAR_TYPE const* b);
----


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