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[#boost-urls-url_view_base-compare]

= xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/url_view_base.adoc[pass:[url_view_base]]::compare


Return the result of comparing this with another url


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L2359[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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int
compare(xref:boost/urls/url_view_base.adoc[url_view_base] const& other) const noexcept;
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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 Value


-1 if `*this &lt; other`, 0 if
`this &equals;&equals; other`, and 1 if `this &gt; other`.