intlCompareStrings

Compares two strings for collation purposes.

Synopsis

int32 intlCompareStrings(Item locItem,const unichar *string1,const unichar *string2);

Description

Compares two strings according to the collation rules of the locale item's language.

Arguments

locItem
A locale item, as obtained from intlOpenLocale().
string1
The first string to compare.
string2
The second string to compare.

Return Value

-1
(string1 < string2)
0
(string1 == string2)
1
(string1>string2)
INTL_ERR_BADITEM
locItem was not an existing locale item.

Implementation

Folio call implemented in international folio V24.

Associated Files

intl.h

See Also

intlOpenLocale(), intlConvertString()