Apropos

string=, string/=, string<, string>, string<=, string>=, string-equal, string-not-equal, string-lessp, string-greaterp, string-not-greaterp, string-not-lesspFunction

    Syntax

    string= string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 generalized-boolean

    string/= string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string< string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string> string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string<= string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string>= string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index

    string-equal string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 generalized-boolean

    string-not-equal string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string-lessp string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string-greaterp string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string-not-greaterp string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    string-not-lessp string1 string2 &key start1 end1 start2 end2 mismatch-index
    Arguments and Values

    string1 — a string designator.

    string2 — a string designator.

    start1, end1bounding index designators of string1. The defaults for start and end are 0 and nil, respectively.

    start2, end2bounding index designators of string2. The defaults for start and end are 0 and nil, respectively.

    generalized-boolean — a generalized boolean.

    mismatch-index — a bounding index of string1, or nil.

    Description

    These functions perform lexicographic comparisons on string1 and string2. string= and string-equal are called equality functions; the others are called inequality functions. The comparison operations these functions perform are restricted to the subsequence of string1 bounded by start1 and end1 and to the subsequence of string2 bounded by start2 and end2.

    A string a is equal to a string b if it contains the same number of characters, and the corresponding characters are the same under char= or char-equal, as appropriate.

    A string a is less than a string b if in the first position in which they differ the character of a is less than the corresponding character of b according to char< or char-lessp as appropriate, or if string a is a proper prefix of string b (of shorter length and matching in all the characters of a).

    The equality functions return a generalized boolean that is true if the strings are equal, or false otherwise.

    The inequality functions return a mismatch-index that is true if the strings are not equal, or false otherwise. When the mismatch-index is true, it is an integer representing the first character position at which the two substrings differ, as an offset from the beginning of string1.

    The comparison has one of the following results:

    string=

    string= is true if the supplied substrings are of the same length and contain the same characters in corresponding positions; otherwise it is false.

    string/=

    string/= is true if the supplied substrings are different; otherwise it is false.

    string-equal

    string-equal is just like string= except that differences in case are ignored; two characters are considered to be the same if char-equal is true of them.

    string<

    string< is true if substring1 is less than substring2; otherwise it is false.

    string>

    string> is true if substring1 is greater than substring2; otherwise it is false.

    string-lessp, string-greaterp

    string-lessp and string-greaterp are exactly like string< and string>, respectively, except that distinctions between uppercase and lowercase letters are ignored. It is as if char-lessp were used instead of char< for comparing characters.

    string<=

    string<= is true if substring1 is less than or equal to substring2; otherwise it is false.

    string>=

    string>= is true if substring1 is greater than or equal to substring2; otherwise it is false.

    string-not-greaterp, string-not-lessp

    string-not-greaterp and string-not-lessp are exactly like string<= and string>=, respectively, except that distinctions between uppercase and lowercase letters are ignored. It is as if char-lessp were used instead of char< for comparing characters.

    Examples
    (string= "foo" "foo")  true 
    (string= "foo" "Foo")  false 
    (string= "foo" "bar")  false 
    (string= "together" "frog" :start1 1 :end1 3 :start2 2)  true 
    (string-equal "foo" "Foo")  true 
    (string= "abcd" "01234abcd9012" :start2 5 :end2 9)  true 
    (string< "aaaa" "aaab")  3 
    (string>= "aaaaa" "aaaa")  4 
    (string-not-greaterp "Abcde" "abcdE")  5 
    (string-lessp "012AAAA789" "01aaab6" :start1 3 :end1 7 
                                         :start2 2 :end2 6)  6 
    (string-not-equal "AAAA" "aaaA")  false
    See Also

    char=

    Notes

    equal calls string= if applied to two strings.