string1

Required. Any valid string expression.

string2

Required. Any valid string expression.

compare

Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when evaluating strings. If omitted, a binary comparison is performed. See Settings section for values.

The compare argument can have the following values:

The StrComp function has the following return values:

The following 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.

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Dim MyStr1, MyStr2, MyComp MyStr1 = "ABCD": MyStr2 = "abcd" ' Define variables. MyComp = StrComp(MyStr1, MyStr2, 1) ' Returns 0. MyComp = StrComp(MyStr1, MyStr2, 0) ' Returns -1. MyComp = StrComp(MyStr2, MyStr1) ' Returns 1.

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