a$ = "hello"
if a$ = "hello"
   print "equal"
.
if a$ <> "hello2"
   print "not equal"
.
if strcmp a$ "hello" = 0
   print "equal"
.
if strcmp a$ "world" < 0
   print "lexically before"
.
if number "10" > number "2"
   print "numerically after"
.