Name
Option Compare Statement
Syntax
Option Compare {Binary | Text}
Description
Used to set the default method for comparing string data
Rules at a Glance
When
Option
Compare
is not used in a module, the default comparison method is Binary.When
Option
Compare
is used, it must appear at the start of the module’s declarations section, before any procedures.Binary comparison — the default text comparison method in Visual Basic — uses the internal binary code of each character to determine the sort order of the characters. For example,
"A"
<
"a"
.Text comparison uses the locale settings of the current system to determine the sort order of the characters. Text comparison is case insensitive. For example,
"A"
=
"a"
.
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