System Namespace   String Class

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Compares this instance with a specified String object.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Overloads Public Function CompareTo ( _
   ByVal strB As String _
) As Integer

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public int CompareTo (
   string strB
);

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: int CompareTo (
   String* strB
);

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function CompareTo (
   strB : String
) : int;

strB

A String.

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

Value	Condition
Less than zero	This instance is less than value.
Zero	This instance is equal to value.
Greater than zero	This instance is greater than value. -or- value is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

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.CompareTo Overload List   Compare   CompareOrdinal

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