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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&lt;">&lt;</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&lt;=">&lt;=</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/=">=</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&gt;">&gt;</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&gt;=">&gt;=</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/max">max</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/min">min</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/neg?">neg?</a>
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      <a href="#clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/pos?">pos?</a>
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                <div id="content-tag"><h1 id="overview">API for <span id="namespace-name">generic.comparison</span>
  - <span id="header-project">clojure-contrib</span> <span id="header-version">next</span> (<span id="header-status">in development</span>)
  </h1>
<span id="author-line">by <span id="author-name">Konrad Hinsen</span><br /></span>
<br />Usage:
<pre>
(ns your-namespace
  (:require <span id="long-name">clojure.contrib.generic.comparison</span>))
</pre><pre>
</pre><h2>Overview</h2>
<pre id="namespace-docstr">Generic comparison interface
This library defines generic versions of = &lt; &gt; &lt;= &gt;= zero?
as multimethods that can be defined for any type. Of the
greater/less-than relations, types must minimally implement &gt;.</pre>


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<h2>Public Variables and Functions</h2>
<div id="var-entry">
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&lt;">&lt;</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (&lt; x)
       (&lt; x y)
       (&lt; x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true if each argument is smaller than the following ones.
The minimal implementation for type ::my-type is the binary form
with dispatch value [::my-type ::my-type]. A default implementation
is provided in terms of &gt;.</pre>
  
  
  
</div><div id="var-entry">
  <br />
  <hr />
  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&lt;=">&lt;=</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (&lt;= x)
       (&lt;= x y)
       (&lt;= x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true if each arguments is smaller than or equal to the following
ones. The minimal implementation for type ::my-type is the binary form
with dispatch value [::my-type ::my-type]. A default implementation
is provided in terms of &gt;.</pre>
  
  
  
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/=">=</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (= x)
       (= x y)
       (= x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true if all arguments are equal. The minimal implementation for type
::my-type is the binary form with dispatch value [::my-type ::my-type].</pre>
  
  
  
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&gt;">&gt;</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (&gt; x)
       (&gt; x y)
       (&gt; x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true if each argument is larger than the following ones.
The minimal implementation for type ::my-type is the binary form
with dispatch value [::my-type ::my-type].</pre>
  
  
  
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/&gt;=">&gt;=</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (&gt;= x)
       (&gt;= x y)
       (&gt;= x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true if each argument is larger than or equal to the following
ones. The minimal implementation for type ::my-type is the binary form
with dispatch value [::my-type ::my-type]. A default implementation
is provided in terms of &lt;.</pre>
  
  
  
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/max">max</h2>
  <span id="var-type">function</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (max x)
       (max x y)
       (max x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Returns the greatest of its arguments. Like clojure.core/max except that
is uses generic comparison functions implementable for any data type.</pre>
  
  
  <a href="http://github.com/clojure/clojure-contrib/blob//modules/generic/target/classes/clojure/contrib/generic/comparison.clj#L200" id="var-source">Source</a>
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/min">min</h2>
  <span id="var-type">function</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (min x)
       (min x y)
       (min x y &amp; more)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Returns the least of its arguments. Like clojure.core/min except that
is uses generic comparison functions implementable for any data type.</pre>
  
  
  <a href="http://github.com/clojure/clojure-contrib/blob//modules/generic/target/classes/clojure/contrib/generic/comparison.clj#L208" id="var-source">Source</a>
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  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (neg? x)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true of x is negative.</pre>
  
  
  
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/pos?">pos?</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (pos? x)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true of x is positive.</pre>
  
  
  
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  <h2 id="clojure.contrib.generic.comparison/zero?">zero?</h2>
  <span id="var-type">multimethod</span><br />
  <pre id="var-usage">Usage: (zero? x)
</pre>
  <pre id="var-docstr">Return true of x is zero.</pre>
  
  
  
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