System Namespace   String Class

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Compares two specified String objects, ignoring or honoring their case, and honoring culture-specific information about their formatting.

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

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

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

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
static function Compare (
   strA : String,
   strB : String,
   ignoreCase : Boolean,
   culture : CultureInfo
) : 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. )

culture

A CultureInfo object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

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.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	culture is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

culture specifies a CultureInfo object, which provides culture-specific information that can affect the comparison.

By definition, any String, including the empty string, compares greater than a null reference; and two null references compare equal to each other.

String Members   String.Compare Overload List   Int32   CompareOrdinal   CompareTo   IsPrefix   Boolean

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