The Compare Strings Without Regard to Case routine compares two input strings of any supported class and data type without regard to whether the alphabetic characters are uppercase or lowercase. Format STR$CASE_BLIND_COMPARE first-source-string ,second-source-string
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:longword_signed type: longword (signed) access: write only mechanism: by value The values returned by STR$CASE_BLIND_COMPARE and the conditions to which they translate are as follows: Returned Value Condition first-source-string is less than second-source- string. 0 Both are the same (with blank fill for shorter string). 1 first-source-string is greater than second-source- string.
2 – Arguments
first-source-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor First string. The first-source-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the first string. second-source-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Second string. The second-source-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the second string.