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<H2>less</H2>
<P><B>Library:</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="2-4.html">General utilities</A></P>

<PRE><HR><B><I>Does not inherit</I></B><HR></PRE>

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<P>A binary function object that returns <SAMP>true</SAMP> if its first argument is less than its second</P>
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<PRE>#include &lt;functional&gt;

namespace std {
  template &lt;class T&gt;
  struct less;
}
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<P><B><I>less</I></B> is a binary function object. Its <SAMP>operator()</SAMP> returns <SAMP>true</SAMP> if <SAMP>x</SAMP> is less than&nbsp;<SAMP>y</SAMP>. You can pass a <B><I>less</I></B> object to any algorithm that requires a binary function. For example, the <SAMP><A HREF="sort.html">sort()</A></SAMP> algorithm can accept a binary function as an alternate comparison object to sort a sequence. <B><I>less</I></B> would be used in that algorithm in the following manner:</P>

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vector&lt;int&gt; vec1;
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sort(vec1.begin(), vec1.end(), <B>less&lt;int&gt;</B>());
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<UL><PRE>namespace std {

  template &lt;class T&gt;
  struct less : binary_function&lt;T, T, bool&gt; {
    bool operator() (const T&amp;, const T&amp;) const;
  };
}
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<P><B><I><A HREF="binary-function.html">binary_function</A></I></B>, <A HREF="functionobjects.html">Function Objects</A></P>
<A NAME="sec7"><H3>Standards Conformance</H3></A>
<P><I>ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems -- Programming Language C++, Section 20.3.3</I></P>

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