symcmp
symcmp — compares symbols to see if they are
equal.
Syntax
symcmp (symbol, symbol)
Returns
A negative number if the first
symbol is ordinally less than the second
symbol according to the ASCII character
set, a positive number if the first symbol
is greater than the second, and zero if the two symbol strings are
exactly equal.
Description
This function compares
symbols to see if they are equal. Neither of the symbols
are evaluated when passed to the function. This function
can be used as a comparison function for sort and insert.
Example
This example was done in the Script Log.
--> symcmp(a,b);
-1
--> symcmp(a,a);
0
--> symcmp(b,a);
1
--> y = array(#c, #d, #a);
[c d a]
--> y = sort(y, symcmp);
[a c d]
--> insert(y, symcmp, #b);
b
--> y;
[a b c d]
