⟨library⟩ transformation that an algorithm applies before inspecting the values of elements

[Example 1: 

std::pair<int, std::string_view> pairs[] = {{2, "foo"}, {1, "bar"}, {0, "baz"}}; std::ranges::sort(pairs, std::ranges::less{}, [](auto const& p) { return p.first; }); sorts the pairs in increasing order of their first members: {{0, "baz"}, {1, "bar"}, {2, "foo"}}

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