| Class Lexical Comparator for lexical comparison. Lexical<TSpec> Parameters
TSpec | The specializing type. This type can be used for specializations of Lexical. Metafunctions: Spec Default: size_t Remarks: TSpec is by default interpreted as size-type.
Functions
compare | Compares two objects.
hasPrefix | Test whether a sequence is prefix of another sequence.
isEqual | Operator "==".
isGreater | Operator ">".
isGreaterOrEqual | Operator ">=".
isLess | Operator "<".
isLessOrEqual | Operator "<=".
isNotEqual | Operator "!=".
isPrefix | Test whether a sequence is prefix of another sequence.
lcpLength | Length of longest common prefix.
Remarks This class implement comparator objects that perform (lexical) comparisons between two sequences. The result of the comparison is stored in the data members of the instance an can be accessed by some functions, for example isLess or isEqual. In most cases, there is no need for an explicite use of comparators, but sometimes this concept provide the opportunity to speed up the code. Examples This program compares the strings str1 and str2: if (isLess(str1, str2)) //first comparison { //str1 < str2 } else if (isGreater(str1, str2)) //second comparison { //str1 > str2 } else { //str == str2 } Using a comparator, the same program only needs one comparison instead of two: Lexical <> comparator(str1, str2); //comparison is executed here if (isLess(comparator)) { //str1 < str2 } else if (lexGreater(comparator)) { //str1 > str2 } else { //str == str2 } The state of a default constructed Lexical instance is undefined until it is set by a call of compare. See Also Comparator SeqAn - Sequence Analysis Library - www.seqan.de