STRCMP

Compare two strings. This function returns 0 if strings are equal, -1 if the first is smaller, and 1 if the first is larger.

Syntax

STRCMP(expr1,expr2)

Description

STRCMP() returns 0 if the strings are the same, -1 if the first argument is smaller than the second according to the current sort order, and 1 if the strings are otherwise not the same. Returns NULL is either argument is NULL.

Examples

SELECT STRCMP('text', 'text2');
+-------------------------+
| STRCMP('text', 'text2') |
+-------------------------+
|                      -1 |
+-------------------------+

SELECT STRCMP('text2', 'text');
+-------------------------+
| STRCMP('text2', 'text') |
+-------------------------+
|                       1 |
+-------------------------+

SELECT STRCMP('text', 'text');
+------------------------+
| STRCMP('text', 'text') |
+------------------------+
|                      0 |
+------------------------+

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