std::ranges::lexicographical_compare

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Call signature

template< std::input_iterator I1, std::sentinel_for<I1> S1, std::input_iterator I2, std::sentinel_for<I2> S2, class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity, std::indirect_strict_weak_order< std::projected<I1, Proj1>, std::projected<I2, Proj2>> Comp = ranges::less > constexpr bool lexicographical_compare( I1 first1, S1 last1, I2 first2, S2 last2, Comp comp = {}, Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {} );

(1) (since C++20)

template< ranges::input_range R1, ranges::input_range R2, class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity, std::indirect_strict_weak_order< std::projected<ranges::iterator_t<R1>, Proj1>, std::projected<ranges::iterator_t<R2>, Proj2>> Comp = ranges::less > constexpr bool lexicographical_compare( R1&& r1, R2&& r2, Comp comp = {}, Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {} );

(2) (since C++20)

Checks if the first range [first1, last1) is lexicographically less than the second range [first2, last2).

1) Elements are compared using the given binary comparison function comp.

2) Same as (1), but uses r as the source range, as if using ranges::begin(r) as first and ranges::end(r) as last.

The function-like entities described on this page are algorithm function objects (informally known as niebloids), that is:

true if the first range is lexicographically less than the second.

At most 2·min(N1, N2) applications of the comparison and corresponding projections, where N1 = ranges::distance(first1, last1) and N2 = ranges::distance(first2, last2).

struct lexicographical_compare_fn
{
    template<std::input_iterator I1, std::sentinel_for<I1> S1,
             std::input_iterator I2, std::sentinel_for<I2> S2,
             class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity,
             std::indirect_strict_weak_order<
                 std::projected<I1, Proj1>,
                 std::projected<I2, Proj2>> Comp = ranges::less>
    constexpr bool operator()(I1 first1, S1 last1, I2 first2, S2 last2,
                              Comp comp = {}, Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {}) const
    {
        for (; (first1 != last1) && (first2 != last2); ++first1, (void) ++first2)
        {
            if (std::invoke(comp, std::invoke(proj1, *first1), std::invoke(proj2, *first2)))
                return true;

            if (std::invoke(comp, std::invoke(proj2, *first2), std::invoke(proj1, *first1)))
                return false;
        }
        return (first1 == last1) && (first2 != last2);
    }

    template<ranges::input_range R1, ranges::input_range R2,
             class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity,
             std::indirect_strict_weak_order<
                 std::projected<ranges::iterator_t<R1>, Proj1>,
                 std::projected<ranges::iterator_t<R2>, Proj2>> Comp = ranges::less>
    constexpr bool operator()(R1&& r1, R2&& r2, Comp comp = {},
                              Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {}) const
    {
        return (*this)(ranges::begin(r1), ranges::end(r1),
                       ranges::begin(r2), ranges::end(r2),
                       std::ref(comp), std::ref(proj1), std::ref(proj2));
    }
};

inline constexpr lexicographical_compare_fn lexicographical_compare;

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <random>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
    std::vector<char> v1 {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};
    std::vector<char> v2 {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};

    namespace ranges = std::ranges;
    auto os = std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout, " ");

    std::mt19937 g {std::random_device {}()};
    while (not ranges::lexicographical_compare(v1, v2))
    {
        ranges::copy(v1, os);
        std::cout << ">= ";
        ranges::copy(v2, os);
        std::cout << '\n';
 
        ranges::shuffle(v1, g);
        ranges::shuffle(v2, g);
    }
 
    ranges::copy(v1, os);
    std::cout << "<  ";
    ranges::copy(v2, os);
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Possible output:

a b c d >= a b c d
d a b c >= c b d a
b d a c >= a d c b
a c d b <  c d a b