Comparing strings...

[Dale Cook]

In article <2205.271700c2 at cc.nu.oz.au>, v8902058 at cc.nu.oz.au writes:

|> Hello...
|> 
|> 	I'm sorry if this is a trival task, but I would like a function that
|> compares two strings.  I would like to be able to find if a string is
equal to,
|> less than, or greater than another string.  I tried writing a
routinue myself,
|> but I just can't seem to do it, so I thought I'd ask.
|> 
|> 	I wouldn't mind some code, or just the basic algorithm maybe.
|> 
|> 	If anyone can help me, please email or post...
|> 
|> Thanks.
|> 
|> Bernard.

Try "strcmp".

--- Dale Cook

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