| // Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. |
| // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style |
| // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. |
| |
| package strings |
| |
| import "internal/bytealg" |
| |
| // Compare returns an integer comparing two strings lexicographically. |
| // The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b. |
| // |
| // Use Compare when you need to perform a three-way comparison (with |
| // slices.SortFunc, for example). It is usually clearer and always faster |
| // to use the built-in string comparison operators ==, <, >, and so on. |
| func Compare(a, b string) int { |
| return bytealg.CompareString(a, b) |
| } |
