AnsiStrComp¶

Compare two null-terminated strings. Case sensitive.

Declaration¶

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 97

function AnsiStrComp(S1: PAnsiChar; S2: PAnsiChar) : Integer;

Description¶

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

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

The comparison of the two strings is case-sensitive.

Remark:

A widestring manager must be installed in order for this function to work correctly with various character sets.

Errors¶

None.

Example¶

Program Example54;

{ This program demonstrates the AnsiStrComp function }

Uses sysutils;

Procedure TestIt (S1,S2 : Pchar);

Var R : Longint;

begin
  R:=AnsiStrComp(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.

Name	Description
AnsiCompareText	Compare 2 ansistrings, case insensitive, using locale settings.
AnsiCompareStr	Compare 2 ansistrings, case sensitive, using locale settings.