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# AnsiStrComp

Compare two null-terminated strings. Case sensitive.

## Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 88

`function AnsiStrComp(`
`S1: PChar;`
`S2: PChar`
`):Integer;`

## Description

AnsiStrComp compares 2 PChar strings, and returns the following result:

<0
  if S1<S2.
0
  if S1=S2.
>0
  if S1>S2.

The comparision of the two strings is case-sensitive.

Remark: | A widestring manager must be installed in order for this function to work correctly with various character sets.

## Errors

None.

## See also

AnsiCompareText |  | Compare 2 ansistrings, case insensitive, ignoring accents characters.
AnsiCompareStr |  | Compare 2 ansistrings, case sensitive, ignoring accents characters.

## Example

    Program Example54;

    { This program demonstrates the AnsiStrComp function }

    Uses sysutils;

    Procedure TestIt (S1,S2 : Pchar);

    Var R : Longint;

    begin
      R:=AnsiStrComp(S1,S2);
      Write ('"',S1,'" is ');
      If R<0 then
        write ('less than ')
      else If R=0 then
        Write ('equal to ')
      else
        Write ('larger than ');
      Writeln ('"',S2,'"');
    end;

    Begin
      Testit('One string','One smaller string');
      Testit('One string','one string');
      Testit('One string','One string');
      Testit('One string','One tall string');
    End.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014