System Namespace   String Class

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Compares two specified String objects, without considering the local national language or culture.

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

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

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

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

strA

The first String.

strB

The second String.

An integer indicating the lexical relationship between the two comparands.

Permission	Description
Less than zero	strA is less than strB.
Zero	strA and strB are equal.
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.

String Members   String.CompareOrdinal Overload List   Int32   Compare   CompareTo

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