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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:25:08 -0400
Sender: Ramy Elmeligy <Ramiman12 AT MailAndNews DOT com>
From: Ramy Elmeligy <Ramiman12 AT MailAndNews DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: RE: Program, uses compare() to check for anagrams, but doesnt work
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>>    for( ; a < greater, equal == 0 ; a++)
>>      {
>>       input1.substr(a, b).compare(input2, c, b);
>>      }
>This is an infinite loop. equal is always 0. Probably your intention was to
>write something like :
>
>for( ; a < greater && equal == 0 ; a++)
>	equal = input1.substr(a, b).compare(input2, c, b);
>
>

I thought that if the two values or characters that the compare() function is 
comparing are not equal, it will return a value other than 0, and if they are 
it will return 0..? am i mistaken?

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