Option Compare Statement |
Option Compare {Binary Text}
Used to set the default method for comparing string data
When Option Compare is not used in a module, the default comparison method is Binary.
When Option Compare is used, it must appear at the start of the module's declarations section, before any procedures.
Binary comparison the default text comparison method in Visual Basic uses the internal binary code of each character to determine the sort order of the characters . For example, "A" < "a" .
Text comparison uses the locale settings of the current system to determine the sort order of the characters. Text comparison is case insensitive. For example, "A" = "a" .