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<h1>string-not-lessp</h1>
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<td><nobr>Type:</nobr></td>
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<td width="100%"><nobr>predicate function (subr)</nobr></td>
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<td><nobr>Source:</nobr></td>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
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<dt>(string-not-lessp <i>string1 string2</i> [<i>key offset</i>] ... )</dt>
<dd><i>stringN</i> - a string expression<br>
<i>key</i> - a keyword [one of :start1 :start2 :end1 :end2]<br>
<i>offset</i> - an optional integer expression for a keyword<br>
returns - a non-<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> value if <i>string1</i>
is greater than or equal to <i>string2</i> in
<a href="../misc/ascii-table.htm">ASCII</a> ordering,
<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> otherwise<br>
<b>Note:</b> case is not significant with this function</dd>
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<h2>Description</h2>
<p>The 'string-not-lessp' [string-not-less-than] predicate function
takes two string arguments. A non-<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> value
is returned if 'string1' is greater than or equal to 'string2' in
<a href="../misc/ascii-table.htm">ASCII</a> ordering, otherwise
<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> is returned. The
non-<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> value returned is the integer index
of the first character of 'string1' which is
<a href="char-lessp-i.htm">char-not-lessp</a> [char-not-less-than] the
corresponding character of 'string2'. This test is not case sensitive, the
character '#\a' is considered to be the same as '#\A'.</p>
<p>The keyword arguments allow for accessing substrings within 'string1' and
'string2'. The keyword arguments each require a keyword ':start1', ':end1',
':start2' or ':end2' and a single integer expression as a pair with the
keyword first and the integer second. The pairs may be in any order. The
':startN' keywords specify the starting offset of the substring. A value of
0 starts the string at the beginning [no offset]. The ':endN' keywords
specify the ending offset of the substring. A value of 3 ends the string
after the 3rd character [an offset of 3 characters].</p>
<h2>Examples</h2>
<pre class="example">
(string-not-lessp "a" "b") <font color="#008844">; returns NIL</font>
(string-not-lessp "a" "a") <font color="#008844">; returns 1</font>
(string-not-lessp "a" "A") <font color="#008844">; returns 1</font>
(string-not-lessp "A" "a") <font color="#008844">; returns 1</font>
(string-not-lessp "abc" "abc ") <font color="#008844">; returns NIL</font>
(string-not-lessp "1234qr" "123456") <font color="#008844">; returns 4</font>
(string-not-lessp "J Smith" "K Jones" :start1 1 :start2 1) <font color="#008844">; strip off the first chars </font>
<font color="#008844">; returns 2</font>
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<p>See the
<a href="../manual/xlisp-man-025.htm#string-not-lessp">string-not-lessp</a>
predicate function in the <nobr>XLISP 2.0</nobr> manual.</p>
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