R: String Comparison

strcmp {pracma} | R Documentation

## String Comparison

### Description

Compare two strings or character vectors for equality.

### Usage

    strcmp(s1, s2)
    strcmpi(s1, s2)

### Arguments

`s1, s2` | character strings or vectors

### Details

For `strcmp` comparisons are case-sensitive, while for `strcmpi` the are case-insensitive. Leading and trailing blanks do count.

### Value

logical, i.e. `TRUE` if `s1` and `s2` have the same length as character vectors and all elements are equal as character strings, else `FALSE`.

### See Also

`strcat`

### Examples

    strcmp(c("yes", "no"), c("yes", "no"))
    strcmpi(c("yes", "no"), c("Yes", "No"))

[Package pracma version 2.0.4 Index]