OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by value The values returned by STR$COMPARE and the conditions to which they translate are as follows: Returned Value Condition 0 The length and the contents of first-source-string are equal to the length and contents of second- source-string. 1 Either the length of first-source-string is not equal to the length of second-source-string, or the contents of first-source-string are not equal to the contents of second-source-string, or both.