Order

Order[, ] gives 1 if is before in canonical order, and -1 if is after in canonical order. It gives 0 if is identical to .

Examples: Order[a, b] ; Order[b, a] .

Order uses canonical order as described in the notes for Sort.

See Section 2.2.10.

See also: Equal, SameQ, Sort.

New in Version 1.

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