operator> (<string>)

Tests if the string object on the left side of the operator is greater than to the string object on the right side.

template<class CharType, class Traits, class Allocator> 
   bool operator>( 
      const basic_string<CharType, Traits, Allocator>& _Left, 
      const basic_string<CharType, Traits, Allocator>& _Right 
   ); 
template<class CharType, class Traits, class Allocator> 
   bool operator>( 
      const basic_string<CharType, Traits, Allocator>& _Left, 
      const CharType *_Right 
   ); 
template<class CharType, class Traits, class Allocator> 
   bool operator>( 
      const CharType *_Left, 
      const basic_string<CharType, Traits, Allocator>& _Right 
   );

Parameters

• _Left
  A C-style string or an object of type basic_string to be compared.

• _Right
  A C-style string or an object of type basic_string to be compared.

Return Value

true if the string object on the left side of the operator is lexicographically greater than the string object on the right side; otherwise false.

Remarks

A lexicographical comparison between strings compares them character by character until:

• It finds two corresponding characters unequal, and the result of their comparison is taken as the result of the comparison between the strings.

• It finds no inequalities, but one string has more characters than the other, and the shorter string is considered less than the longer string.

• It finds no inequalities and finds that the strings have the same number of characters, and so the strings are equal.

Example

// string_op_gt.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main( ) 
{
   using namespace std;

   // Declaring an objects of type basic_string<char>
   string s1 ( "strict" );
   string s2 ( "strum" );
   cout << "The basic_string s1 = " << s1 << "." << endl;
   cout << "The basic_string s2 = " << s2 << "." << endl;

   // Declaring a C-style string
   char *s3 = "stricture";
   cout << "The C-style string s3 = " << s3 << "." << endl;

   // First member function: comparison between left-side object
   // of type basic_string & right-side object of type basic_string
   if ( s1 > s2 )
      cout << "The string s1 is greater than "
           << "the string s2." << endl;
   else
      cout << "The string s1 is not greater than "
           << "the string s2." << endl;

   // Second member function: comparison between left-side object
   // of type basic_string & right-side object of C-syle string type
   if ( s3 > s1 )
      cout << "The string s3 is greater than "
           << "the string s1." << endl;
   else
      cout << "The string s3 is not greater than "
           << "the string s1." << endl;

   // Third member function: comparison between left-side object
   // of C-syle string type & right-side object of type basic_string
   if ( s2 > s3 )
      cout << "The string s2 is greater than "
           << "the string s3." << endl;
   else
      cout << "The string s2 is not greater than "
           << "the string s3." << endl;
}

The basic_string s1 = strict.
The basic_string s2 = strum.
The C-style string s3 = stricture.
The string s1 is not greater than the string s2.
The string s3 is greater than the string s1.
The string s2 is greater than the string s3.

Requirements

Header: <string>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

string::operator>