Returns a value indicating the result of a string comparison.
StrComp(string1, string2[, compare])
The StrComp function syntax has these named arguments:
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Part |
Description |
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string1 |
Any valid string expression. |
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string2 |
Any valid string expression. |
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Part |
Description |
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compare |
Specifies the type of string comparison. The compare argument can be omitted, it can be 0 or 1, or it can be the value of the CollatingOrder property of a Field object. Specify 0 (default) to perform a binary comparison. Specify 1 to perform a textual comparison. Specify the return value of the CollatingOrder property if you want to sort or compare values from a database in the same way the database itself would. If compare is Null, an error occurs. If compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison. |
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If |
StrComp returns |
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string1 is less than string2 |
-1 |
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string1 is equal to string2 |
0 |
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string1 is greater than string2 |
1 |
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string1 or string2 is Null |
Null |
Option Compare Statement.
This example uses the StrComp function to return the results of a string comparison. If the third argument is 1, a textual comparison is performed; if the third argument is 0 or omitted, a binary comparison is performed.
MyStr1 = "ABCD": MyStr2 = "abcd" ' Define variables.= StrComp(MyStr1, MyStr2, 1) ' Returns 0.= StrComp(MyStr1, MyStr2, 0) ' Returns -1.= StrComp(MyStr2, MyStr1) ' Returns 1.