strcmp

compare character strings

Calling Sequence

res = strcmp(string_one,string_two,[,'i'])

Arguments

:string_one A character string or matrix of character strings : :string_two A character string or matrix of character strings : :’i’ parameter to do stricmp (case independent), default value is

‘s’

: :res matrix. :

Description

res = strcmp(string_one,string_two) returns an integral value indicating the relationship between the strings.

A value greater than zero indicates that the first character that does not match has a greater value in string_one than in string_two

And a value less than zero indicates the opposite.

Examples

TXT1 = ['scilab','SciLab';'Strcmp','STRcmp'];
TXT2 = ['ScIlAb','sciLab';'sTrCmP','StrCMP'];
strcmp(TXT1,TXT2)
strcmp(TXT1,'scilab')
strcmp(TXT1,'SciLab')
strcmp(TXT1,TXT2,'i')

See Also

• strcat concatenate character strings
• strcmpi compare character strings (case independent)