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11/18/2011

String.Compare Method

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Compares two specified String objects and returns an integer that indicates their relative position in the sort order.

This member is overloaded. For complete information about this member, including syntax, usage, and examples, click a name in the overload list.

Overload List

	Name	Description
	Compare(String, String)	Performs a culture-sensitive comparison of two specified String objects and returns an integer that indicates their relationship to one another in the sort order.
	Compare(String, String, StringComparison)	Compares two specified String objects using the specified string comparison options and returns an integer that indicates their relationship to one another in the sort order.
	Compare(String, String, CultureInfo, CompareOptions)	Compares two specified String objects using the specified comparison options and culture-specific information to influence the comparison, and returns an integer that indicates the relationship of the two strings to one another in the sort order.
	Compare(String, Int32, String, Int32, Int32)	Performs a culture-sensitive comparison of substrings that are extracted from two specified String objects and returns an integer that indicates their relationship to one another in the sort order.
	Compare(String, Int32, String, Int32, Int32, StringComparison)	Compares substrings of two specified String objects using the specified string comparison options and returns an integer that indicates their relationship to one another in the sort order.
	Compare(String, Int32, String, Int32, Int32, CultureInfo, CompareOptions)	Compares substrings of two specified String objects using the specified comparison options and culture-specific information to influence the comparison, and returns an integer that indicates the relationship of the two substrings to one another in the sort order.