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CompareStringA(3w)

NAME

CompareStringA (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS

INT CompareStringA
(
LCID lcid,
DWORD style,
LPCSTR str1,
INT len1,
LPCSTR str2,
INT len2
)

DESCRIPTION

Compare two locale sensitive strings.

PARAMS

lcid [In] LCID for the comparison.

style [In] Flags for the comparison (NORM_ constants from "winnls.h").

str1 [In] First string to compare.

len1 [In] Length of str1, or -1 if str1 is NUL terminated.

str2 [In] Second string to compare.

len2 [In] Length of str2, or -1 if str2 is NUL terminated.

RETURNS

Success: CSTR_LESS_THAN, CSTR_EQUAL or CSTR_GREATER_THAN depending on whether str1 is less than, equal to or greater than str2 respectively.

Failure: FALSE. Use GetLastError(3w) to determine the cause.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winnls.h".

Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/locale.c".

Debug channel "nls".

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