NAME
LSAMEN - tests if the first N letters of CA are the same as the first N letters of CB, regardless of case
SYNOPSIS
- LOGICAL FUNCTION
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LSAMEN( N, CA, CB )
- CHARACTER*(
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* ) CA, CB
- INTEGER
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N
PURPOSE
LSAMEN tests if the first N letters of CA are the same as the first N letters of CB, regardless of case. LSAMEN returns .TRUE. if CA and CB are equivalent except for case and .FALSE. otherwise. LSAMEN also returns .FALSE. if LEN( CA ) or LEN( CB ) is less than N.
ARGUMENTS
- N (input) INTEGER
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The number of characters in CA and CB to be compared.
- CA (input) CHARACTER*(*)
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CB (input) CHARACTER*(*) CA and CB specify two character strings of length at least N. Only the first N characters of each string will be accessed.