NAME¶

CompareStringA (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

INT CompareStringA
(
LCID lcid,
DWORD style,
LPCSTR str1,
INT len1,
LPCSTR str2,
INT len2
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Compare two locale sensitive strings.

PARAMS¶

lcid [In] LCID for the comparison. style [In] Flags for the comparison (NORM_ constants from "winnls.h"). str1 [In] First string to compare. len1 [In] Length of str1, or -1 if str1 is NUL terminated. str2 [In] Second string to compare. len2 [In] Length of str2, or -1 if str2 is NUL terminated.

RETURNS¶

Success: CSTR_LESS_THAN, CSTR_EQUAL or CSTR_GREATER_THAN depending on whether str1 is less than, equal to or greater than str2 respectively. Failure: FALSE. Use GetLastError(3w) to determine the cause.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winnls.h". Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/locale.c". Debug channel "nls".