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Compare two values.

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**Syntax**
  * ''[[PTPScript:Types:Number|Number]] compare( [[PTPScript:Types:Mixed|Mixed]] term1, [[PTPScript:Types:Mixed|Mixed]] term2 [, [[PTPScript:Types:Number|Number]] method [, [[PTPScript:Types:Number|Number]] length ] ] )''

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**Parameters**
  * [[PTPScript:Types:Mixed|Mixed]] ''term1'' - The first term.
  * [[PTPScript:Types:Mixed|Mixed]] ''term2'' - The second term.
  * [[PTPScript:Types:Number|Number]] ''method'' - Sort method options.
    * ''0'' (default) - Compare items using standard comparison.
    * ''1'' - Compare items numerically.
    * ''2'' - Compare items as case-sensitive strings.
    * ''3'' - Compare items as case-insensitive strings.
    * ''4'' - Compare items as case-sensitive strings, using [[http://sourcefrog.net/projects/natsort/|natural ordering]].
    * ''5'' - Compare items as case-insensitive strings, using [[http://sourcefrog.net/projects/natsort/|natural ordering]].
    * ''6'' - Compare items as case-sensitive strings, according to locale.
    * ''7'' - Compare items as case-insensitive strings, according to locale.
  * [[PTPScript:Types:Number|Number]] ''length'' - Determines how many of the characters from each String will be used for comparison.

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**Result**
  * [[PTPScript:Types:Number|Number]] - The comparison result.
    * < ''0'' - A Number less than ''0'' is returned if ''term1'' is less than ''term2''.
    * ''0'' - A Number less than ''0'' is returned if ''term1'' and ''term2'' are equal.
    * > ''0'' - A Number greater than ''0'' is returned if ''term1'' is greater than ''term2''.
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Returns a Number signifying which of the two terms being compared is greater.