RosettaCodeData/Task/String-comparison/QBasic/string-comparison.basic

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FUNCTION StringCompare$ (s1 AS STRING, s2 AS STRING, ignoreCase)
DIM s AS STRING, t AS STRING
IF ignoreCase THEN
s = LCASE$(s1)
t = LCASE$(s2)
ELSE
s = s1
t = s2
END IF
IF s < t THEN StringCompare$ = " comes before ": EXIT FUNCTION
IF s = t THEN StringCompare$ = " is equal to ": EXIT FUNCTION
StringCompare$ = " comes after "
END FUNCTION
DIM s1 AS STRING, s2 AS STRING, s3 AS STRING
s1 = "Dog": s2 = "Dog"
PRINT s1; StringCompare$(s1, s2, 0); s2
s2 = "Cat"
PRINT s1; StringCompare$(s1, s2, 0); s2
s2 = "Rat"
PRINT s1; StringCompare$(s1, s2, 0); s2
s2 = "dog"
PRINT s1; StringCompare$(s1, s2, 0); s2
PRINT s1; StringCompare$(s1, s2, 1); s2; " if case is ignored"
s1 = "Dog": s2 = "Pig"
s3 = StringCompare$(s1, s2, 0)
IF s3 <> " is equal to " THEN PRINT s1; " is not equal to "; s2
END