What does this code do?

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#1

What does this code do?

struct P {
int x, y;
bool operator<(const P &p) {
if (x != p.x) return x < p.x;
else return y < p.y;
}
};

#2

It creates a structure on whose object you can use operator ‘<’.
P obj1;
P obj2;
obj1.x=1;
obj1.y=2;
obj2.x=3;
obj2.y=4;

obj1<obj2 will return True since obj1.x!=obj2.x and obj1.x < obj2.x

#3

The bool operator< part is probably for sorting.

You can use pair<int,int> to accomplish this instead.

#4

this si an operator overloading in c++

suppose you want to compare two values x1,y1 with x2,y2

and let p1 have x1,y1 and p2 have x2,y2
here by operator overloading you can directly compre p1 < p2 which is same as
if(x1!=x2)x1<x2 else y1<y2.

this can handle prettly in c++ with pair and comparators as @psaini72 said.

http://fusharblog.com/3-ways-to-define-comparison-functions-in-cpp/