STRSAMEEX Function
Last modified: March 09, 2015
Applies to: Office 2013 | Visio 2013
Determines whether two strings are the same.
STRSAMEEX ("string1", "string2", localeID, flag)
Parameters
|
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
string1 |
Required |
String |
The first string to compare. |
|
string2 |
Required |
String |
The second string to compare. |
|
localeID |
Required |
Numeric |
The locale ID code. |
|
flag |
Required |
Numeric |
A bit that specifies the type of comparison. |
Return Value
Boolean
STRSAMEEX returns TRUE if both input strings are the same and FALSE if they aren't. Use this function to compare multi-byte strings or to do comparisons that use case rules for a specific locale.
You can use a combination of any of the following flags with the STRSAMEEX function.
|
Flag |
Description |
|---|---|
|
1 |
Ignore case. |
|
2 |
Ignore non-spacing characters. |
|
4 |
Ignore symbols. |
|
4096 |
Treat punctuation the same as symbols. |
|
65536 |
Don't differentiate between Hiragana and Katakana characters. |
|
131072 |
Don't differentiate between a single-byte character and the same character as a double-byte character. |