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Return the result of comparing this with another authority

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L1232[boost/url/authority_view.hpp]>`

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int
compare(xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view] const& other) const noexcept;
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== Description


This function compares two authorities        according to Syntax‐Based comparison        algorithm.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.


=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-6.2.2[6.2.2 Syntax‐Based Normalization (rfc3986)]



== Return Value


`‐1` if `*this < other`, `0` if        `this == other`, and 1 if `this > other`.





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