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>&lt;</I
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>, string</B
><I
>&gt;</I
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>, string</B
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>&lt;</I
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>=, string</B
><I
>&gt;</I
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>=, string-equal, string-not-equal, string-lessp, string-greaterp, string-not-greaterp, string-not-lessp</B
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><P CLASS="j"
><B
>string</B
>= <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>generalized-boolean</SPAN
></P
><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" RULES="GROUPS" STYLE="margin: 1ex 0"
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><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
><B
>string/</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
>=</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
>=</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
>=</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P CLASS="j"
><B
>string-equal</B
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>generalized-boolean</SPAN
></P
><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" RULES="GROUPS" STYLE="margin: 1ex 0"
><TBODY
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
><B
>string-not-equal</B
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string-lessp</B
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string-greaterp</B
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string-not-greaterp</B
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE=";padding-right:3px"
> <B
>string-not-lessp</B
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>string2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&amp;key</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end1</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>start2</SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>end2</SPAN
></TD
><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BASELINE" STYLE="padding-left:3px;"
> <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <SPAN CLASS="cmssi"
>mismatch-index</SPAN
></TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
></DD
><DT
><B
>Arguments and Values</B
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><VAR CLASS="param"
>string1</VAR
> &#8212; a <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#string_designator"
><EM CLASS="term"
>string designator</EM
></A
>. </P
><P CLASS="j"
><VAR CLASS="param"
>string2</VAR
> &#8212; a <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#string_designator"
><EM CLASS="term"
>string designator</EM
></A
>. </P
><P CLASS="j"
><VAR CLASS="param"
>start1</VAR
>, <VAR CLASS="param"
>end1</VAR
> &#8212; <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bounding_index_designator"
><EM CLASS="term"
>bounding index designators</EM
></A
> of <VAR CLASS="param"
>string1</VAR
>. The defaults for <VAR CLASS="param"
>start</VAR
> and <VAR CLASS="param"
>end</VAR
> are <CODE CLASS="f"
>0</CODE
> and <SPAN CLASS="misc"
><B
>nil</B
></SPAN
>, respectively. </P
><P CLASS="j"
><VAR CLASS="param"
>start2</VAR
>, <VAR CLASS="param"
>end2</VAR
> &#8212; <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bounding_index_designator"
><EM CLASS="term"
>bounding index designators</EM
></A
> of <VAR CLASS="param"
>string2</VAR
>. The defaults for <VAR CLASS="param"
>start</VAR
> and <VAR CLASS="param"
>end</VAR
> are <CODE CLASS="f"
>0</CODE
> and <SPAN CLASS="misc"
><B
>nil</B
></SPAN
>, respectively. </P
><P CLASS="j"
><VAR CLASS="param"
>generalized-boolean</VAR
> &#8212; a <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#generalized_boolean"
><EM CLASS="term"
>generalized boolean</EM
></A
>. </P
><P CLASS="j"
><VAR CLASS="param"
>mismatch-index</VAR
> &#8212; a <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bounding_index"
><EM CLASS="term"
>bounding index</EM
></A
> of <VAR CLASS="param"
>string1</VAR
>, or <SPAN CLASS="misc"
><B
>nil</B
></SPAN
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><B
>Description</B
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
>These functions perform lexicographic comparisons on <VAR CLASS="param"
>string1</VAR
> and <VAR CLASS="param"
>string2</VAR
>. <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string=</B
></A
> and <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-equal</B
></A
> are called equality functions; the others are called inequality functions. The comparison operations these <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#function"
><EM CLASS="term"
>functions</EM
></A
> perform are restricted to the subsequence of <VAR CLASS="param"
>string1</VAR
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bounded"
><EM CLASS="term"
>bounded</EM
></A
> by <EM CLASS="term"
>start1</EM
> and <VAR CLASS="param"
>end1</VAR
> and to the subsequence of <VAR CLASS="param"
>string2</VAR
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bounded"
><EM CLASS="term"
>bounded</EM
></A
> by <EM CLASS="term"
>start2</EM
> and <VAR CLASS="param"
>end2</VAR
>. </P
><P CLASS="j"
>A string <I CLASS="i"
><I
>a</I
></I
> is equal to a string <I CLASS="i"
><I
>b</I
></I
> if it contains the same number of characters, and the corresponding characters are the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#same"
><EM CLASS="term"
>same</EM
></A
> under <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char=</B
></A
> or <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char-equal</B
></A
>, as appropriate. </P
><P CLASS="j"
>A string <I CLASS="i"
><I
>a</I
></I
> is less than a string <I CLASS="i"
><I
>b</I
></I
> if in the first position in which they differ the character of <I CLASS="i"
><I
>a</I
></I
> is less than the corresponding character of <I CLASS="i"
><I
>b</I
></I
> according to <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
></A
> or <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char-lessp</B
></A
> as appropriate, or if string <I CLASS="i"
><I
>a</I
></I
> is a proper prefix of string <I CLASS="i"
><I
>b</I
></I
> (of shorter length and matching in all the characters of <I CLASS="i"
><I
>a</I
></I
>). </P
><P CLASS="j"
>The equality functions return a <VAR CLASS="param"
>generalized boolean</VAR
> that is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if the strings are equal, or <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
> otherwise. </P
><P CLASS="j"
>The inequality functions return a <VAR CLASS="param"
>mismatch-index</VAR
> that is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if the strings are not equal, or <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
> otherwise. When the <VAR CLASS="param"
>mismatch-index</VAR
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
>, it is an <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#integer"
><EM CLASS="term"
>integer</EM
></A
> representing the first character position at which the two substrings differ, as an offset from the beginning of <VAR CLASS="param"
>string1</VAR
>. </P
><P CLASS="j"
>The comparison has one of the following results:</P
><DL
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string=</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string=</B
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if the supplied substrings are of the same length and contain the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#same"
><EM CLASS="term"
>same</EM
></A
> characters in corresponding positions; otherwise it is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string/=</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string/=</B
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if the supplied substrings are different; otherwise it is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-equal</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-equal</B
></A
> is just like <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string=</B
></A
> except that differences in case are ignored; two characters are considered to be the same if <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char-equal</B
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> of them.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if substring1 is less than substring2; otherwise it is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if substring1 is greater than substring2; otherwise it is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-lessp</B
></A
><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
>,</SPAN
> <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-greaterp</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-lessp</B
></A
> and <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-greaterp</B
></A
> are exactly like <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
></A
> and <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
></A
>, respectively, except that distinctions between uppercase and lowercase letters are ignored. It is as if <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char-lessp</B
></A
> were used instead of <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
></A
> for comparing characters.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
><B
>=</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
><B
>=</B
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if substring1 is less than or equal to substring2; otherwise it is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
><B
>=</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
><B
>=</B
></A
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
> if substring1 is greater than or equal to substring2; otherwise it is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>.</P
></DD
><DT
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-not-greaterp</B
></A
><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
>,</SPAN
> <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-not-lessp</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-not-greaterp</B
></A
> and <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string-not-lessp</B
></A
> are exactly like <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
><B
>=</B
></A
> and <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&gt;</SPAN
><B
>=</B
></A
>, respectively, except that distinctions between uppercase and lowercase letters are ignored. It is as if <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char-lessp</B
></A
> were used instead of <A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char</B
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
>&lt;</SPAN
></A
> for comparing characters.</P
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
><B
>Examples</B
></DT
><DD
><PRE CLASS="screen"
>(string= "foo" "foo") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
>
(string= "foo" "Foo") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>
(string= "foo" "bar") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
>
(string= "together" "frog" :start1 1 :end1 3 :start2 2) <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
>
(string-equal "foo" "Foo") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
>
(string= "abcd" "01234abcd9012" :start2 5 :end2 9) <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
><EM CLASS="term"
>true</EM
></A
>
(string&lt; "aaaa" "aaab") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> 3
(string&gt;= "aaaaa" "aaaa") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> 4
(string-not-greaterp "Abcde" "abcdE") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> 5
(string-lessp "012AAAA789" "01aaab6" :start1 3 :end1 7
:start2 2 :end2 6) <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> 6
(string-not-equal "AAAA" "aaaA") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
>&#8594;</SPAN
></SPAN
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
><EM CLASS="term"
>false</EM
></A
></PRE
></DD
><DT
><B
>See Also</B
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_char_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>char=</B
></A
></P
></DD
><DT
><B
>Notes</B
></DT
><DD
><P CLASS="j"
><A HREF="f_equal.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>equal</B
></A
> calls <A HREF="f_string_eq.html" CLASS="funref"
><B
>string=</B
></A
> if applied to two <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#string"
><EM CLASS="term"
>strings</EM
></A
>.</P
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