Problem with string comparison

[Nobody/Anonymous]

This is a fragment from a member function:

Thisword is a string&, firstnode a pointer to a struct where word is a member string.

if (thisword  <  firstnode->word)
{
    firstnode = temp;
}

In some circumstances where Thisword is alphabetically before firstnode->word, firstnode = temp does not execute. It seems to happen when Thisword has the same letters as the first letters of firstnode->word: i.e. a after an, or zig after zigzag.

Is this a feature, a bug, or am I missing something obvious?

I have Dev-C++ 4.01 and gcc 2.95.

Thanks

Derek

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Found the problem it was upstream from the comparison; so ignore the message.

Thanks

Derek

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Ignore my original post.

Found the problem: it wasn't with the comparison, but further upstream.

Thanks.

Derek

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Ignore my original post.

Found the problem: it wasn't with the comparison, but further upstream.

Thanks.

Derek