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Return the result of comparing this with another url

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L2313[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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int
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== Description


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


=== Complexity

Linear in `min( u0.size(), u1.size() )`


=== 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 the result of comparing this with another url

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


=== Complexity

Linear in `min( u0.size(), u1.size() )`


=== 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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