char_array<-compare

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char_array <-compare: text=char_array, ignore_case=[bool] -> {smaller,equal,larger}

Alphabetically compares the receiver with the argument and returns:

smaller

if the receiver is alphabetically before the argument

equal

If both represented texts are identical

larger

if the receiver is alphabetically after the argument

Intended to be used together with chain->sort and vector->sort.

See also: chain->sort