Function name: lstrcmp

Defined in : Kernel32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.1 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function lstrcmp Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcmpA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As String) As Long

Parameters:

* lpString1 Points to the first null-terminated string to be compared. * lpString2 Points to the second null-terminated string to be compared.

Returns:

If the function succeeds and the string pointed to by lpString1 is less than the string pointed to by lpString2, the return value is negative; if the string pointed to by lpString1 is greater than the string pointed to by lpString2, it is positive. If the strings are equal, the return value is zero.

Related functions: lstrcat, lstrcmpi, lstrcpy, lstrcpyn, lstrlen

Examples:

String Operations