Method _.Compare.string
Summary:
Compares two strings after normalizing them.
"Normalize" means that _.safeString() is called, which if the variable passed is null or undefined an empty string is returned, otherwise the result is trimmed of leading and trailing whitespace.
- Calling Convention:
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_.Compare.string(String, String)
- Parameters:
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- String
- Your strings to be normalized and compared.
- Returns:
- -1 if first string is alphabetically lower than the second
- 0 if the two strings are equal
- 1 if first string is alphabetically higher than the second
The various compare functions stored in elementals are meant as easy callbacks for use with _.USort.element.