string_compare

Declaration

string_compare (string1, string2: STRING): INTEGER

Description

Does a case-insensitive comparison of string1 to string2 and returns:

• 0 if the strings are equal
• 1 if string1 is greater than string2
• -1 if string1 is less than string2

See Also

string functions

Example

script compare_strings is
  str1 := 'string'
  str2 := 'string1'
  str3 := 'string2'
  -- string_compare (str1, str2) = -1
  -- string_compare (str2, str1) = 1
  -- string_compare (str1, str1) = 0
end