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Description
Performs a case-insensitive comparison of two strings.
Returns
An indicator of the difference:
- A negative number, if string1 is less than string2
- 0, if string1 is equal to string2
- A positive number, if string1 is greater than string2
Category
Function syntax
CompareNoCase(string1, string2)
See also
Compare, FindNoCase; Evaluation and type conversion issues in Data type conversion in the Developing ColdFusion Applications
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
string1 |
A string or a variable that contains one |
string2 |
A string or a variable that contains one |
Example
<cfscript>
myString1="ColdFusion"
myString2="Coldfusion"
myString3="ColdFusion (2016 release)"
myString4="ColdFusion (2018 release)"
writeOutput(CompareNoCase(myString1,myString2) & "<br/>") // Returns 0
writeOutput(CompareNoCase(myString3,myString4) & "<br/>") // Returns -1
writeOutput(CompareNoCase(myString4,myString3) & "<br/>") // Returns 1
</cfscript>
Output
0
-1
1