StrComp - function of language VBScript

Description:

Returns a value indicating the result of a string comparison.

For the purposes of the PROMOTIC system, it is more usefull to use the method: Pm.StringCmp.

Syntax:

Integer StrComp(String string1, String string2, [Integer compare])

Calling:

n = StrComp(string1, string2[, compare])

Parameters:

string1	(String) Text string
string2	(String) Text string
compare	[optional] (Integer) Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating strings. If not set, then a binary comparison is performed. vbBinaryCompare - perform a binary comparison vbTextCompare - perform a textual comparison

Return Values:

-1 - string1 is less than string2

0 - string1 is equal to string2

1 - string1 is greater than string2

Example:

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Dim sStr1, sStr2, nComp
sStr1 = "ABCD"
sStr2 = "abcd"
nComp = StrComp(sStr1, sStr2, 1)  'Returns 0
nComp = StrComp(sStr1, sStr2, 0)  'Returns -1
nComp = StrComp(sStr2, sStr1)  'Returns 1