TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#COMPAREV Built-In Function

Use #COMPAREV to compare one string with another.

string-1 and string-2

are the names of variable levels of a type other than DIRECTORY, text enclosed in

quotation marks, or concatenations of such entities. The concatenation operator is

'+' (the apostrophes are required).

Result

#COMPAREV returns a nonzero value if the contents of the two arguments are the

same; it returns zero if they are different.

Considerations

•

The comparison is not case-sensitive; that is, an uppercase character is equal to

its lowercase counterpart.

•

You can compare any combination of STRUCTs and STRUCT items with each

other; such comparisons are case-sensitive.

•

You can compare any combination of variable levels that are not STRUCTs or

STRUCT items (except type DIRECTORY); such comparisons are not case-

sensitive.

•

To compare a string to a template, use the #MATCH built-in function.

Example

1. This example shows how a variable level can be compared with quoted text.

#PUSH termname term_is_mine

#SET termname [#MYTERM]

2. This example returns a nonzero value if #MYTERM is "$MINE".

#SET term_is_mine [#COMPAREV termname "$MINE"]

#COMPAREV string-1 string-2