CompareNoCase

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

String functions

Function syntax

CompareNoCase(string1, string2)

See also

Compare, FindNoCase; Evaluation and type conversion issues in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

Parameters

Example

<H3>CompareNoCase Example</H3> 
<P>This function performs a <I>case-insensitive</I> comparison of two strings. 
<cfif IsDefined("form.string1")> 
<cfset comparison = Comparenocase(form.string1, form.string2)> 
<!--- switch on the variable to give various responses ---> 
<cfswitch expression=#comparison#> 
    <cfcase value="-1"> 
        <H3>String 1 is less than String 2</H3> 
        <I>The strings are not equal</I> 
    </cfcase> 
    <cfcase value="0"> 
        <H3>String 1 is equal to String 2</H3> 
        <I>The strings are equal!</I> 
    </cfcase> 
    <cfcase value="1"> 
        <H3>String 1 is greater than String 2</H3> 
        <I>The strings are not equal</I> 
    </cfcase> 
    <cfdefaultcase> 
        <H3>This is the default case</H3> 
    </cfdefaultcase> 
</cfswitch> 
</cfif> 
<form action="comparenocase.cfm" method="POST"> 
<P>String 1 
<BR><input type="Text" name="string1"> 
<P>String 2 
<BR><input type="Text" name="string2"> 
<P><input type="Submit" value="Compare these Strings" name="">  
    <input type="RESET"> 
</form>