COMPARE

Compares two strings to determine if they are the same.

Note: COMPARE uses the sort order specified on the Environment group's <CHARACTERS> tag.

If one string is shorter than the other, Enrichment pads the shorter string with blanks for the comparison.

Syntax

COMPARE(string1,string2,[start,case,length])


Argument	Description		Default
`string1`	The first string to compare.		None
`string2`	The second string to compare.		None
[start]	A number greater than 0 that indicates the column in `string1` and `string2` at which to begin the comparison.		1
[case]	One of the following to indicate whether case must match:		I
	I	Ignore case.
	C	Case must match exactly.
[length]	The number of characters in `string1` and `string2` to compare. 0 indicates to compare all characters after the start column in the longest of the two strings.		0


Result	Description
Return	One of the following:
	-1	string1 is less than string2.
	0	string1 is equal to string2.
	1	string1 is greater than string2.
%%RC	One of the following:
	-2	length is less than or equal to 0.
	-1	start is less than or equal to 0.
	0	No error.
	1	start is greater than the length of string1 and/or string2.
%%RM	A null string (‘’).
%%RV	Always set to 0.