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HW2: Lexicographic order in the case of a further tie

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fernandoalonzi_ (270 points)
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When comparing two strings in lexicographic order, should we also consider '  '? Because ord('  ') comes before the others and this means that if a string starts with '  ' compared to another that doesn't, it wins the comparison.
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Ganni02 (4920 points)
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As part of the initial process, you would need to remove all white spaces, hence the ' ' should be ignored.
leonardo_13 (1540 points)
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Great answer.
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saad rahman (560 points)
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"The number of non-space characters is, however, equal
for each sequence". I think it implies that we have to consider non-space characters as mentioned in the assignment.
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I think it means that after removing possible white spaces and tabs, the number of characters becomes the same for every string