Name

Compare

Synopsis

                  
                  Compare(string1, string2)

Performs a case-sensitive comparison of two strings based on their ASCII values. If string1 is less than string2, returns -1. If string1 and string2 are equal, returns 0. If string1 is greater than string2, returns 1. Examples:

<cfoutput>
Compare('Apples', 'apples'): #Compare('Apples', 'apples')#<br>
Compare('oranges', 'oranges'): #Compare('oranges', 'oranges')#<br>
Compare('apples', 'Oranges'): #Compare('apples', 'Oranges')#<br>
Compare('oranges', 'Apples'): #Compare('oranges', 'Apples')#<br>
</cfoutput>

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