System Namespace   String Class

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Compares two specified String objects, ignoring or honoring their case.

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

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

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

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

strA

The first String.

strB

The second String.

ignoreCase

A Boolean indicating a case-sensitive or insensitive comparison. ( true indicates a case-insensitive comparison. )

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 uses the current culture to determine the ordering of individual characters. The two strings are compared on a character-by-character basis.

String Members   String.Compare Overload List   Int32   CompareOrdinal   CompareTo   IsPrefix

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