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Using Arithmetic and Logic › COMPARE Statement › Compare Two Strings

Compare Two Strings

ACL/E can also compare two strings to determine whether they are identical. The following elementary example shows you how a statement comparing two strings looks:

COMPARE 'Hello','Goodbye'

The result of this comparison is represented by the condition code NE, which indicates that the two strings are not identical.