string.compare()

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Performs a case-sensitive comparison of two strings.

  • -1, if string1 is less than string2
  • 0, if string1 is equal to string2
  • 1, if string1 is greater than string2
string.compare( string2=string )

Returns: Number

Argument Description
string2
string, required 		edit

A string or a variable that contains one

Examples

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	testOne = "Lucee";
	dump(testOne.Compare("lucee")); // -1
	writeoutput("<br>");
	testTwo = "Lucee_Core_dev";
	dump(testTwo.Compare("Lucee_Core_dev")); // 0
	writeoutput("<br>");
	testThree = "I Love lucee";
	dump(testThree.Compare("I Love Lucee")); // 1

See also