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# compareic

Purpose
Compare 2 text strings ignoring case.
Synopsis
`function compareic(arg1:string|text, arg2:string|text):integer`
Arguments

arg1 | First operand for the comparison
arg2 | Second operand for the comparison

Return value
0 if strings are identical, -1 if the first string is less than the second string and 1 otherwise.
Further information
This function behaves like compare but ignoring case.
Module
mmsystem
Parent Topic Procedures and functions

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