1 03/31/83  less
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 3 Syntax:  less STRA STRB
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 6 Syntax as active function:  [less STRA STRB]
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 9 Function:  returns true if STRA is less than STRB according to ASCII
10 collating sequence; otherwise it returns false.
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13 Notes:  The strings are compared character by character according to
14 their ASCII code value (i.e., if the first character in each string has
15 the same ASCII code value, compare the second character; if their
16 values are identical, compare the third character; etc.).  See the
17 descriptions of nless and ngreater for a way to compare numeric
18 strings.