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# CFComparisonResult

Constants returned by comparison functions, indicating whether a value is equal to, less than, or greater than another value.

```
enum CFComparisonResult
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`CFComparisonResult.compareLessThan`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFComparisonResult/compareLessThan)

Returned by a comparison function if the first value is less than the second value.

[`CFComparisonResult.compareEqualTo`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFComparisonResult/compareEqualTo)

Returned by a comparison function if the first value is equal to the second value.

[`CFComparisonResult.compareGreaterThan`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFComparisonResult/compareGreaterThan)

Returned by a comparison function if the first value is greater than the second value.


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