Aug 30, 2017 · Alphabetical order is a specific kind of lexicographical ordering. The term lexicographical often refers to the mathematical rules or sorting. These include, for example, …

Sep 16, 2015 · The compareTo() method in Java compares two strings "lexicographically". Can someone please simply explain how the lexicographic comparison works in java? I found this …

Apr 30, 2021 · I saw a program in codeforces where it says, "Now Petya wants to compare those two strings lexicographically." I didn't understand it. What does lexicographically …

Mar 26, 2025 · 2 Lexicographically Smaller: A string a is lexicographically smaller than a string b if in the first position where a and b differ, string a has a letter that appears earlier in the …

Nov 1, 2023 · Yes, that is correct. With words lexicographic order is what we naturally expect. It's not so for numbers. Lexicographic sorting does not order them the way most people expect, …

Jan 12, 2013 · I thought that if I used operators such as ">" and "<" in c++ to compare strings, these would compare them lexicographically, the problem is that this only works sometimes in …

Apr 7, 2014 · What does it mean a string is lexicographically greater than another string? [closed] Asked 11 years, 9 months ago Modified 11 years, 9 months ago Viewed 22k times

Jul 2, 2014 · But seriously, this also means: if you can sort an array of strings lexicographically, as Python's sort intrinsically can, then just make the "key string" out of each number and sort that …

Dec 30, 2015 · The smallest lexicographical order is an order relation where string s is smaller than t, given the first character of s (s1) is smaller than the first character of t (t1), or in case …

Oct 24, 2011 · Compares two strings lexicographically. The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in the strings. and This is the definition of lexicographic ordering. If two …