What is lexicographical order?

2019-01-26 20:00发布

问题:

What is the exact meaning of lexicographical order? How it is different from alphabetical order?

回答1:

lexicographical order is alphabetical order. The other type is numerical ordering. Consider the following values,

1, 10, 2

Those values are in lexicographical order. 10 comes after 2 in numerical order, but 10 comes before 2 in "alphabetical" order.