Reference for package '#rtl'

AnsiStrLIComp

Compares a given number of characters of a string, case insensitive.

Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 99

  function AnsiStrLIComp(S1: PChar; S2: PChar; MaxLen: SizeUInt) : Integer;

Description

AnsiStrLIComp compares the first Maxlen characters of 2 PChar strings, S1 and S2, and returns the following result:

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

The comparison of the two strings is case-insensitive.

Remark

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

Errors

None.

See also

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

Example

Program Example57;
{ This program demonstrates the AnsiStrLIComp function }
Uses sysutils;
Procedure TestIt (S1,S2 : Pchar; L : longint);
Var R : Longint;
begin
  R:=AnsiStrLIComp(S1,S2,L);
  Write ('First ',L,' characters of "',S1,'" are ');
  If R<0 then
    write ('less than ')
  else If R=0 then
    Write ('equal to ')
  else
    Write ('larger than ');
  Writeln ('those of "',S2,'"');
end;
Begin
  Testit('One string','One smaller string',255);
  Testit('ONE STRING','one String',4);
  Testit('One string','1 STRING',0);
  Testit('One STRING','one string.',9);
End.