System Namespace   String Class

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Compares two specified String objects.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Overloads Public Shared Function Compare ( _
   ByVal strA As String, _
   ByVal strB As String _
) As Integer

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public static int Compare (
   string strA,
   string strB
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: static int Compare (
   String* strA,
   String* strB
);

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
static function Compare (
   strA : String,
   strB : String
) : int;

strA

The first String.

strB

The second String.

A 32-bit signed integer indicating the lexical relationship between the two comparands.

Value	Meaning
Less than zero	strA is less than strB.
Zero	strA equals strB.
Greater than zero	strA is greater than strB.

By definition, any String, including the empty string, compares greater than a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ); and two null references compare equal to each other.

This method performs a case-sensitive operation. The method uses the current culture to determine the ordering of individual characters. Uppercase letters evaluate greater than their lowercase equivalents. The two strings are compared on a character-by-character basis.

String Members   String.Compare Overload List   Int32   CompareOrdinal   CompareTo

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