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# ComparisonResult

Constants that indicate sort order.

```
@frozen enum ComparisonResult
```

## Overview

These constants are used to indicate how items in a request are ordered, from the first one given in a method invocation or function call to the last (that is, left to right in code).

## Topics

### Creating a comparison result

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/ComparisonResult/init(rawValue:))

### Constants

[`ComparisonResult.orderedAscending`](/documentation/Foundation/ComparisonResult/orderedAscending)

The left operand is smaller than the right operand.

[`ComparisonResult.orderedSame`](/documentation/Foundation/ComparisonResult/orderedSame)

The two operands are equal.

[`ComparisonResult.orderedDescending`](/documentation/Foundation/ComparisonResult/orderedDescending)

The left operand is greater than the right operand.


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