STRCMP

Returns 0 if the strings are the same, -1 if the first argument is smaller than the second, and 1 otherwise.

Syntax

STRCMP(expr1,expr2)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
expr1	The string.
expr2	The string.

Return Type

A number data type value.

Examples

SELECT STRCMP('text', 'text2');
+-------------------------+
| STRCMP('text', 'text2') |
+-------------------------+
|                      -1 |
+-------------------------+

SELECT STRCMP('text2', 'text');
+-------------------------+
| STRCMP('text2', 'text') |
+-------------------------+
|                       1 |
+-------------------------+

SELECT STRCMP('text', 'text');
+------------------------+
| STRCMP('text', 'text') |
+------------------------+
|                      0 |
+------------------------+