Re: (partially solved) includes algorithm not working properly on sets of strings
[crosspost to clcm dropped - it's not a good idea to crosspost between
moderated and unmoderated groups]
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<5555551e-3a86-4864-8984-3fc26eed2b83@y10g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
suresh.amritapuri <suresh.amritapuri@gmail.com> writes
Thanks for the inputs. I solved my initial problem by adding the
function object into the template parameter.
I don't think so...
But now I have the new problem. My actual objective is to find out that
two sets of strings are equal, if one string from one set beings with
another string in the other set. Kindly look at the code below and give
your valuable comments.
struct areql{
bool operator()(string x, string y)
{
return (starts_with(x,y)||starts_with(y,x));
}
};
Bad name. It's not testing for equality. (Nor should it be.)
You *still* need to read the documentation of std::includes (and now
std::set, too), and find out what they say the predicate is supposed to
do.
Hint: 'is_less' would be a far better name than 'areql'
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