LGE

Elemental Intrinsic Function (Generic): Determines if a string is lexically greater than or equal to another string, based on the ASCII collating sequence, even if the processor's default collating sequence is different. In Compaq Fortran, LGE is equivalent to the >= operator.

Syntax

result = LGE (string_a, string_b)

string_a
(Input) Must be of type character.

string_b
(Input) Must be of type character.

Results:

The result is of type default logical. If the strings are of unequal length, the comparison is made as if the shorter string were extended on the right with blanks, to the length of the longer string.

The result is true if the strings are equal, both strings are of zero length, or if string_a follows string_b in the ASCII collating sequence; otherwise, the result is false.

Specific Name	Argument Type	Result Type
LGE ¹	CHARACTER	LOGICAL(4)
¹ This specific function cannot be passed as an actual argument.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also: LGT, LLE, LLT, ASCII and Key Code Charts

Examples

LGE ( 'ONE', 'SIX' ) has the value false.

LGE ( 'TWO', 'THREE' ) has the value true.

The following shows another example:

LOGICAL L
L = LGE('ABC','ABD')       ! returns .FALSE.
L = LGE ('AB', 'AAAAAAAB') ! returns .TRUE.