# Compare a list of strings

In Raku, putting square brackets around an [infix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infix_notation) operator turns it into a listop that effectively works as if the operator had been but in between all of the elements of the argument list _(or in technical terms, it_ [_folds/reduces_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_\(higher-order_function\)) _the list using that operator, while taking into account the operator's inherent_ [_associativity_](https://design.raku.org/S03.html#Operator_precedence) _and identity value)_:

```perl
[eq] @strings  # All equal
[lt] @strings  # Strictly ascending
```
