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Lexicographically compare this string with the specified null‐terminated `other` string (of length `CHAR_TRAITS::length(other)`), and return a negative value if this string is less than `other`, a positive value if it is greater than `other`, and 0 in case of equality. `CHAR_TRAITS::lt` is used to compare characters. See {Lexicographical Comparisons}.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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int
compare(CHAR_TYPE const* other) const;
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