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isShorter

jul, 2008

problem:

efficient way fo seeing if a string is shorter than another

solution:

bool isShorter(const char *shorter, const char *longer) {
	//returns 
	while (*shorter && *longer) {
		shorter++;
		longer++;
	}
	return *longer && !*shorter;
}

tags:

Visual C++; c++; partial match