Function Reference

StringCompare

Compares two strings with options.

StringCompare ( "string1", "string2" [, casesense = 0] )

Parameters

string1 The first string to evaluate.

string2 The second string to evaluate.

casesense [optional] Flag to indicate if the operations should be case sensitive.
$STR_NOCASESENSE (0) = not case sensitive, using the user's locale (default)
$STR_CASESENSE (1) = case sensitive
$STR_NOCASESENSEBASIC (2) = not case sensitive, using a basic/faster comparison

Constants are defined in StringConstants.au3.

Return Value

0: string1 and string2 are equal

> 0: string1 is greater than string2

< 0: string1 is less than string2

StringInStr, StringLeft, StringLen, StringLower, StringMid, StringRight, StringTrimLeft, StringTrimRight, StringUpper

Example

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
Local $sStr1= "Tiësto"
Local $sStr2= "TIËSTO"
; Compare two strings without using case sensitivity.
Local $iCmp= StringCompare ($sStr1,$sStr2)
MsgBox ($MB_SYSTEMMODAL,"",_
"Comparing '"&$sStr1&"' To '"&$sStr2&"'"&@CRLF &_
"StringCompare Result (mode $STR_NOCASESENSE): "&$iCmp)
; Compare two strings with using case sensitivity.
$iCmp= StringCompare ($sStr1,$sStr2,$STR_CASESENSE)
MsgBox ($MB_SYSTEMMODAL,"",_
"Comparing '"&$sStr1&"' To '"&$sStr2&"'"&@CRLF &_
"StringCompare Result (mode $STR_CASESENSE): "&$iCmp)
; Compare two strings without using case sensitivity.
$iCmp= StringCompare ($sStr1,$sStr2,$STR_NOCASESENSEBASIC)
MsgBox ($MB_SYSTEMMODAL,"",_
"Comparing '"&$sStr1&"' To '"&$sStr2&"'"&@CRLF &_
"StringCompare Result (mode $STR_NOCASESENSEBASIC): "&$iCmp)

Function Reference

StringCompare

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