Commodore VIC-20 - Page 86

Strings may be compared using the same relational operators that
are used with numbers:
> <= > =
String comparisons are made by taking one character at a time
from each string and comparing the ASCII codes. If all the ASCII
codes are the same, the strings are equal. If the ASCI I codes differ,
the lower code number precedes the higher. lfh during string
comparison, the end of one string is reached, the shorter string is
said to be smaller. Leading and trailing blanks are significant.
Examples:
"AA" < "AB"
"FILENAME" - "FILENAME"
"X$" > "X#T1
"CL " > XL"
"kg" < "KG"
"SMYTH" < "SMYTHE11
BS < "9/12/78" where S$ - "8/12/78"
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