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.. _lgt:

LGT --- Lexical greater than
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.. index:: LGT

.. index:: lexical comparison of strings

.. index:: string, comparison

.. function:: LGT

  Determines whether one string is lexically greater than another string,
  where the two strings are interpreted as containing ASCII character
  codes.  If the String A and String B are not the same length, the
  shorter is compared as if spaces were appended to it to form a value
  that has the same length as the longer.

  :param STRING_A:
    Shall be of default ``CHARACTER`` type.

  :param STRING_B:
    Shall be of default ``CHARACTER`` type.

  :return:
    Returns ``.TRUE.`` if ``STRING_A > STRING_B``, and ``.FALSE.``
    otherwise, based on the ASCII ordering.

  :samp:`{Standard}:`
    Fortran 77 and later

  :samp:`{Class}:`
    Elemental function

  :samp:`{Syntax}:`

  .. code-block:: fortran

    RESULT = LGT(STRING_A, STRING_B)

  :samp:`{Specific names}:`
    ===========================  =============  ===========  ====================
    Name                         Argument       Return type  Standard
    ===========================  =============  ===========  ====================
    ``LGT(STRING_A, STRING_B)``  ``CHARACTER``  ``LOGICAL``  Fortran 77 and later
    ===========================  =============  ===========  ====================

  :samp:`{See also}:`
    LGE, 
    LLE, 
    LLT