String sort((()__

#1

i am getting doubt in the comparision

include

include

include

using namespace std;
bool compare(string a,string b){
if(a.length()>b.length()){
return a<b;
}
return a<b;
}

int main(){
int n;
cin>>n;

string s[1000];
cin.get();
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
    getline(cin,s[i]);
}

sort(s,s+n,compare);

 for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
    cout<<s[i]<<endl;
}

return 0;

}

#2

hi @abhinavssr2003_eab0717682969e5c,
what doubt u r having?

#3

how to deal with the comparison like i am getting wrong output

#4

@abhinavssr2003_eab0717682969e5c,

bool compare(string a,string b){
	if(a.find(b)==0||b.find(a)==0){ // if exist in prefix then longer lenght
        return a.length()>b.length();
    }
    return a<b; // else lexicographically
}
#5

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