AnsiStrIComp

Compare two null-terminated strings. Case insensitive.

Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 87

function AnsiStrIComp(

S1: PChar;

S2: PChar

):Integer;

Description

AnsiStrIComp compares 2 PChar strings, and returns the following result:

<0: if S1<S2.
0: if S1=S2.
>0: if S1>S2.

The comparision of the two strings is case-insensitive. The function does not yet take internationalization settings into account.

Errors

None.

Example

Program Example55;

{ This program demonstrates the AnsiStrIComp function }

Uses sysutils;

Procedure TestIt (S1,S2 : Pchar);

Var R : Longint;

begin
  R:=AnsiStrIComp(S1,S2);
  Write ('"',S1,'" is ');
  If R<0 then
    write ('less than ')
  else If R=0 then
    Write ('equal to ')
  else
    Write ('larger than ');
  Writeln ('"',S2,'"');
end;

Begin
  Testit('One string','One smaller string');
  Testit('One string','one string');
  Testit('One string','One string');
  Testit('One string','One tall string');
End.

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