LGT — Lexical greater than#

LGT(STRING_A, STRING_B)#

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.

Parameters:

  • STRING_A – Shall be of default CHARACTER type.

  • STRING_B – Shall be of default CHARACTER type.

Returns:

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

Standard:

Fortran 77 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:
RESULT = LGT(STRING_A, STRING_B)
Specific names:

Name

Argument

Return type

Standard

LGT(STRING_A,STRING_B)

CHARACTER

LOGICAL

Fortran 77 and later
See also:

LGE, LLE, LLT