lsamen

Tests two character strings for equality regardless of the case.

Syntax

val = lsamen( n, ca, cb )

Include Files

mkl.fi

Input Parameters

Name	Type	Description
n	INTEGER	The number of characters in `ca` and `cb` to be compared.
ca, cb	CHARACTER()	Character strings of length at least `n` to be compared. Only the first `n` characters of each string will be accessed.

Description

This logical function tests whether the first n letters of one string are the same as the first n letters of the other string, regardless of the case.

Return Values

Name	Type	Description
val	LOGICAL	Result of the comparison: .TRUE. if the first `n` letters in `ca` and `cb` character strings are equal, maybe except for the case, or if the length of character string `ca` or `cb` is less than `n`. .FALSE. if the first `n` letters in `ca` and `cb` character strings are different for whatever cases.

Name

Type

Description

val

LOGICAL

Result of the comparison:

.TRUE. if the first n letters in ca and cb character strings are equal, maybe except for the case, or if the length of character string ca or cb is less than n.
.FALSE. if the first n letters in ca and cb character strings are different for whatever cases.