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Compares substrings of two specified String objects by evaluating the numeric values of the corresponding Char objects in each substring.

Namespace: ?System
Assembly: ?mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function CompareOrdinal ( _ strA As String, _ indexA As Integer, _ strB As String, _ indexB As Integer, _ length As Integer _ ) As Integer

C#
public static int CompareOrdinal( string strA, int indexA, string strB, int indexB, int length )

Visual C++
public: static int CompareOrdinal( String^ strA, int indexA, String^ strB, int indexB, int length )

JavaScript
System.String.compareOrdinal = function(strA, indexA, strB, indexB, length);

Parameters

strA: Type: System..::.String
The first String.

indexA: Type: System..::.Int32
The starting index of the substring in strA.

strB: Type: System..::.String
The second String.

indexB: Type: System..::.Int32
The starting index of the substring in strB.

length: Type: System..::.Int32
The maximum number of characters in the substrings to compare.

Return Value

A 32-bit signed integer indicating the lexical relationship between the two comparands.ValueCondition Less than zero The substring in strA is less than the substring in strB. Zero The substrings are equal, or length is zero. Greater than zero The substring in strA is greater than the substring in strB.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
System..::.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	indexA is greater than strA. Length.-or- indexB is greater than strB. Length.-or- indexA, indexB, or length is negative.

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