std::less
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<functional>
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|   template< class T > 
struct less;  | 
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Function object for performing comparisons. Uses operator< on type T.
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[edit] Notes
If the built-in operator< does not provide total order for pointers, a partial specialization of std::less  for pointer types is provided, which guarantees total order.
[edit] Member types
| type | definition | 
  result_type
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  bool
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  first_argument_type
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  T
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  second_argument_type
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  T
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[edit] Member functions
|    operator()  | 
   checks if the first argument is less than the second  (public member function)  | 
std::less::operator()
|   bool operator()( const T& lhs, const T& rhs ) const; 
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Checks whether lhs is less than rhs.
Parameters
| lhs, rhs | - | values to compare | 
Return value
true if lhs < rhs, false otherwise.
Exceptions
(none)
Possible implementation
bool operator()(const T &lhs, const T &rhs) const { return lhs < rhs; }  | 
[edit] Example
#include <functional> #include <iostream> template <typename A, typename B, typename U = std::less<int>> bool f(A a, B b, U u = U()) { return u(a, b); } int main() { std::cout << std::boolalpha; std::cout << f(5, 20) << '\n'; std::cout << f(100, 10) << '\n'; }
Output:
true false
[edit] See also
|    (C++11) 
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   provides mixed-type owner-based ordering of shared and weak pointers   (class template)  |