Case-Sensitive String Comparisons : string compare « string « C++ Tutorial

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main( ){
   string saying1( "this is a test" );
   string saying2( "this is another test" );

   // equivalent of strcmp()
   int result = saying1.compare( saying2 );
   if( result < 0 )
      cout << "\"" << saying1 << "\"\nis less than\n\"" << saying2 << "\"";
   else if( result > 0 )
      cout << "\"" << saying1 << "\"\nis greater than\n\"" << saying2 << "\"";
   else
      cout << "\"" << saying1 << "\"\nis equal to \n\"" << saying2 << "\"";

   // equivalent of strcmp()
   if( saying1 < saying2 )
      cout << "\"" << saying1 << "\"\nis less than\n\""  << saying2 << "\"";
   else if( saying1 > saying2 )
      cout << "\"" << saying1 << "\"\nis greater than\n\"" << saying2 << "\"";
   else
      cout << "\"" << saying1 << "\"\nis equal to\n\"" << saying2 << "\"";
}