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Return the declared size of a string
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Compare two character strings using the ASCII character set
CHR_SIMLR
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Return whether two strings are equal, apart from case
- Description:
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Determine whether two strings are the same, ignoring
distinctions between upper and lowercase letters.
Their lengths must be identical after removing trailing blanks.
- Invocation:
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RESULT = CHR_SIMLR( STR1, STR2 )
- Arguments:
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STR1 = CHARACTER
(
) (Given)
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The first string.
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STR2 = CHARACTER
(
) (Given)
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The second string.
- Returned Value:
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CHR_SIMLR = LOGICAL
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Returned as .TRUE. if the two strings are the same
ignoring case distinctions; otherwise .FALSE.

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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk