String Compare Function

int Compare( string a, string b ){//Note: I'd have this as a free function, rather than a membera = str1[0]b = str2[0]while( a != null and b != null ){    equals = Compare( a, b )    if( equals == 0 )    {        advance a;        advance b;    }        return equals;}//We only get here if they have been equal so farif( a == null  and b != null )    return -1; // a comes before belse if( a != null and b == null )    return 1; // b comes before aelse    return 0; // equal!}//And now the code for Compare, which compares two charactersint Compare( char a, char b ){//your code in here. //Can't really help you with this, //since we don't know the specifics of your alphabetical order//the easiest way is just this:if( a < b )    return -1;if( b > a )    return 1;else    return 0;//But that would put capitals before lowercases, //with some other characters in between//so you'll need to make some more complicated solution//unless  you're just sorting this for, say, a sorted map//but if you're showing this to end users,//don't use this method.}

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Original post by chrpeter I do not want to use strcmp in my compare function.

int strcmp(const char *a, const char *b){    // same current character?    while (*a == *b)    {        // if we have reached the end,        // both strings are the same        if (*a == 0) return 0;        // otherwise move on to the next character        ++a;        ++b;    }    // current character differs    return *a - *b;}