LSAMEN(3F)LSAMEN(3F)NAME
LSAMEN - test if the first N letters of CA are the same as the first N
letters of CB, regardless of case
SYNOPSIS
LOGICAL FUNCTION LSAMEN( N, CA, CB )
CHARACTER*( * ) CA, CB
INTEGER N
PURPOSE
LSAMEN tests if the first N letters of CA are the same as the first N
letters of CB, regardless of case. LSAMEN returns .TRUE. if CA and CB
are equivalent except for case and .FALSE. otherwise. LSAMEN also
returns .FALSE. if LEN( CA ) or LEN( CB ) is less than N.
ARGUMENTS
N (input) INTEGER
The number of characters in CA and CB to be compared.
CA (input) CHARACTER*(*)
CB (input) CHARACTER*(*) CA and CB specify two character
strings of length at least N. Only the first N characters of
each string will be accessed.
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