What is the Count function in Golang?

The ` Compare` function, as the name suggests, compares two strings using _Lexicographic ordering_ and tells us which of them is greater or equal.

>In Mathematics, the _Lexicographic order_ is a generalization of the alphabetical order used in dictionaries.

To use this function, you must import the `strings` package in your file and access the `Compare` function within it using the `.` notation (`string.Compare`). Here, `Compare` is the actual function, while **`string`** is the `Go` package that stores the definition of this function.


# Function definiton
The definition of the `Compare` function inside the `string` package is shown below:

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#  Parameters

The `Compare` function takes two arguments:

* **`a`**: this argument is of the `string` type and is the first of the two input strings to be compared.


* **`b`**: this argument is of the `string` type and is the second of the two input strings to be compared.
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## Return value
The `Compare` function can return three values (all of them type `int`):

* **`0`** is returned when the first string equals the second `string` (`a==b`).
* **`+1`** is returned when the first string is Lexicographically greater than the second `string` (`a>b`).
* **`-1`** is returned when the first string is Lexicographically smaller than the second `string` (`a<b`).



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## Code

Below is a simple example where we show the `Compare` function used in three different input scenarios to produce three different outputs:


package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

func main() {

	greater:= strings.Compare("Z", "A")
	equal := strings.Compare("W", "W")
	lesser:= strings.Compare("A", "Z")


	fmt.Println(greater)
	fmt.Println(equal)
	fmt.Println(lesser)
}

>It is usually clearer and always faster to use the built-in string comparison operators `==`, `<`, `>`, than the `Compare` function. 

What is the Compare function in Golang?

The Compare function in Go’s strings package lexicographically compares two strings, returning 0, +1, or -1.