# strcmp

## Purpose

Compare strings.

## Synopsis

    l = strcmp('str1','str2')

## Description

`l = strcmp('str1','str2')` compares the strings `str1` and `str2` and returns 1 if the two are identical, and 0 otherwise. Note that the value returned by `strcmp` is not the same as the C language convention.

`strcmp` is case sensitive; any leading and trailing blanks in either of the strings are explicitly included in the comparison.

## Examples

    strcmp('Yes','No') =
       0

    strcmp('Yes','Yes') =
       1

## See Also

    isstr, lower, setstr, upper

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