RosettaCodeData/Task/String-comparison/AWK/string-comparison.awk

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Awk

BEGIN {
a="BALL"
b="BELL"
if (a == b) { print "The strings are equal" }
if (a != b) { print "The strings are not equal" }
if (a > b) { print "The first string is lexically after than the second" }
if (a < b) { print "The first string is lexically before than the second" }
if (a >= b) { print "The first string is not lexically before than the second" }
if (a <= b) { print "The first string is not lexically after than the second" }
# to make a case insensitive comparison convert both strings to the same lettercase:
a="BALL"
b="ball"
if (tolower(a) == tolower(b)) { print "The first and second string are the same disregarding letter case" }
}