VBS TUTORIAL: function-strcomp function _vbs

StrComp function

Returns a value that indicates the result of a string comparison.

StrComp(string1, string2[, compare])

Parameters

String1

Required option. Any valid string expression.

string2

Required option. Any valid string expression.

Compare

Options available. Indicates the numeric value of the comparison type to use when calculating the string. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed. For numeric values, see the "Settings" section.

Set up

The compare parameter can have the following values:

Constants	value	Description
Vbbinarycompare	0	Performs a binary comparison.
vbTextCompare	1	Performs a text comparison.

return value

The StrComp function has the following return value:

if	StrComp return
String1 less than string2	-1
String1 equals string2	0
String1 is larger than string2	1
string1 or string2 is Null	Null

Description

The following example uses the StrComp function to return the result of a string comparison. If the third argument is 1 to perform a text comparison, if the third argument is 0 or omit to perform a binary comparison.

  Dim MyStr1, MyStr2, MyCompMyStr1 = "ABCD": MyStr2 = "ABCD"  define variable.  MyComp =   StrComp ( mystr1 ,  mystr2 ,  1 )  '      return  0 .  MyComp =   StrComp ( mystr1 ,  mystr2 ,  0 )  '      return -1 .  MyComp =   StrComp ( mystr2 ,  mystr1 )  '     returns  1 .