Why is this comparison evaluating to true?

[hopesfall]

I'm working with linked lists and I am comparing the contents (chars) of two nodes within my linked list. I took a couple of screen shots that show the value of my variables and for some reason when I compare 'm' and 'i', my compiler tells me that 'm' is less than'i'.

Screen shot: http://imgur.com/ihynG

Why is this happening? My compiler is evaluating if(list1Tracer < list2Tracer) to true when it clearly is not. This doesn't happen anywhere else in my code and is really puzzling. Can anyone help me out?

[naraku9333]

For that comparison to work on the node item you need to overload operator< or use if(list1Tracer.item < list2Tracer.item)

[Disch]

+1 naraku9333

You are comparing pointers (addresses)

list1Tracer = 0x004E49A8
list2Tracer = 0x004E4A38

0x4E49A8 is less than 0x4E4A38.
Therefore list1Tracer is less than list2Tracer


The correct way to compare looks like it would be:
if(list1Tracer->item < list2Tracer->item)