operator(<) Interface

public interface operator(<)

Compare two character sequences for being less, the left-hand side, the right-hand side or both character sequences can be represented by a string.

This operator is elemental and returns a default logical scalar value.


Module Procedures

private elemental function lt_string_string(lhs, rhs) result(is_lt)

Compare two character sequences for being less. In this version both character sequences are by a string.

Arguments

Type IntentOptional Attributes Name
type(string_type), intent(in) :: lhs
type(string_type), intent(in) :: rhs

Return Value logical

private elemental function lt_string_char(lhs, rhs) result(is_lt)

Compare two character sequences for being less. In this version the left-hand side character sequences is by a string.

Arguments

Type IntentOptional Attributes Name
type(string_type), intent(in) :: lhs
character(len=*), intent(in) :: rhs

Return Value logical

private elemental function lt_char_string(lhs, rhs) result(is_lt)

Compare two character sequences for being less. In this version the right-hand side character sequences is by a string.

Arguments

Type IntentOptional Attributes Name
character(len=*), intent(in) :: lhs
type(string_type), intent(in) :: rhs

Return Value logical