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CompareNoCase

Last update:
May 18, 2026

Description

Performs a case-insensitive comparison of two strings.

Returns

An indicator of the difference:
  • A negative number, if string1 is less than string2
  • 0, if string1 is equal to string2
  • A positive number, if string1 is greater than string2

Category

String functions

Function syntax

CompareNoCase(string1, string2)

See also

Compare, FindNoCase; Evaluation and type conversion issues in Data type conversion in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

Parameters

Parameter
Description
string1
A string or a variable that contains one
string2
A string or a variable that contains one

Example

<cfscript>
    myString1="ColdFusion"
    myString2="Coldfusion"
    myString3="ColdFusion (2016 release)"
    myString4="ColdFusion (2018 release)"
    writeOutput(CompareNoCase(myString1,myString2) & "<br/>") // Returns 0
    writeOutput(CompareNoCase(myString3,myString4) & "<br/>") // Returns -1
    writeOutput(CompareNoCase(myString4,myString3) & "<br/>") // Returns 1
</cfscript>
Output
0

-1

1

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