compare

Performs a case-sensitive comparison of two strings.
-1, if string1 is less than string2
0, if string1 is equal to string2
1, if string1 is greater than string2

compare(string1, string2) → returns numeric

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See Also:   compareNoCase

Argument Reference

string1 string
Required

string2 string
Required

Examples
Sample code invoking the compare function 

<cfset comparison = compare("ColdFusion", "coldfusion")>
<cfdump var="#comparison#" />

Expected Result: -1

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