VBA-Excel: String Functions – strComp()

Description: 

The strComp() function compares the two strings and returns the comparison result in numeric form.

Format:

StrComp(string1, string2[, compare])

Arguments:

• String1
  • Mandatory
  • Type: String
  • First string which gets compared with another one

• String2
  • Mandatory
  • Type: String
  • Second string which gets compared with another one
• Compare
  • Optional
  • Type: Numeric
  • The type of comparison to find the string in the main string, like vbBinaryCompare ( Value =0), vbTextCompare (value=1).

   

  OutComes: 
  
  If String1>String2 Then
  
      Result will be 1
  
  Elseif String1<String2 Then
  
      Result will be -1
  
  ElseIf String1=String2 Then
  
      Result will be 0
  
  End If

  Code:

  Function FnStrComp(strString1, strString2)
  
     intResult = StrComp(strString1, strString2, vbTextCompare)    
  
     Select Case intResult
  
     Case 1:
  
      MsgBox strString1 & " string is greater than " & strString2
  
     Case -1:
  
      MsgBox strString1 & " string is less than " & strString2
  
     Case 0:
  
      MsgBox strString1 & " string is equal to " & strString2
  
     End Select
  
  End Function

Example 1:

CallFnStrComp("SUMIT", "sumit")

Example2 :

Call FnStrComp("Sun", "Moon")

Also Read About  Other String() Functions

INSTR()                       |                         InstrREV()                       |                        LCase()

UCase()                      |                         Left()                                |                        Right()

LTrim()                        |                         Mid()                                 |                        Trim()

RTrim()                       |                        Replace()                          |                        Space()

Len()                           |                        StrComp()                         |                        String()

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