variant_cmp Compares two variants intvariant_cmp mixedleft mixedright intlcid intflags Compares left with right and returns one of the following values: value meaning VARCMP_LT left is less than right VARCMP_EQ left is equal to right VARCMP_GT left is greater than right VARCMP_NULL Either left, right or both are &null; This function will only compare scalar values, not arrays or variant records. lcid is a valid Locale Identifier to use when comparing strings (this affects string collation). flags can be one or more of the following values OR'd together, and affects string comparisons: value meaning NORM_IGNORECASE Compare case insensitively NORM_IGNORENONSPACE Ignore nonspacing characters NORM_IGNORESYMBOLS Ignore symbols NORM_IGNOREWIDTH Ignore string width NORM_IGNOREKANATYPE Ignore Kana type NORM_IGNOREKASHIDA Ignore Arabic kashida characters &reference.com.variant-arith;