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/*REXX program shows different ways to compare two character strings.*/
say 'This is an ' word('ASCII EBCDIC', 1+(1=='f1')) ' system.'
say
cat = 'cat'
animal = 'dog'
if animal = cat then say $(animal) "is lexically equal to" $(cat)
if animal \= cat then say $(animal) "is not lexically equal to" $(cat)
if animal > cat then say $(animal) "is lexically higher than" $(cat)
if animal < cat then say $(animal) "is lexically lower than" $(cat)
if animal > cat then say $(animal) "is not lexically lower than" $(cat)
if animal < cat then say $(animal) "is not lexically higher than" $(cat)
/*──── [↑] The above comparative operators don't */
/*────consider any leading and/or trailing white- */
/*────space when making comparisons, but the case */
/*────is honored (uppercase, lowercase). */
fatcat=' cat ' /*pad the cat with leading and trailing blanks. */
if fatcat = cat then say $(fatcat) " is equal to" $(cat)
/*────To consider any whitespace in a comparison, */
/*────we need to use strict comparative operators.*/
if fatcat == cat then say $(fatcat) "is strictly equal to" $(cat)
/*────To perform caseless comparisons, the easiest*/
/*────method would be to uppercase a copy of both */
/*────operands. Uppercasing is only done for the */
/*────Latin (or Roman) alphabet in REXX. [↓] */
kat='cAt'
if caselessComp(cat,kat) then say $(cat) 'and' $(kat) "are equal caseless"
exit /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/
/*──────────────────────────────────$ subroutine────────────────────────*/
$: return '──►'arg(1)'◄──' /*bracket the string with ──►α◄──*/
/*──────────────────────────────────CASELESSCOMP subroutine─────────────*/
caselessComp: procedure; arg a,b /*ARG uppercases the A & B args.*/
return a==b /*if exactly equal, return 1. */