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Synopsis

strcmp <string> <string>

Compares its 2 string arguments and returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0, based upon whether the first argument is lexicographically less than, equal to, or greater than the second argument.

Return value

int

Related commands

match, gmatch

Examples


	string $s1="hello";
	string $s2="goodbye";
	int $compare = `strcmp $s1 $s2`;
	// Result: 1 //
	$compare = `strcmp $s2 $s1`;
	// Result: -1 //
	$compare = `strcmp "hello" $s1`;
	// Result: 0 //