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<h3 class="section">8.144 <code>LGT</code> — Lexical greater than</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:<dd>Determines whether one string is lexically greater than another string,
where the two strings are interpreted as containing ASCII character
codes. If the String A and String B are not the same length, the
shorter is compared as if spaces were appended to it to form a value
that has the same length as the longer.
<p>In general, the lexical comparison intrinsics <code>LGE</code>, <code>LGT</code>,
<code>LLE</code>, and <code>LLT</code> differ from the corresponding intrinsic
operators <code>.GE.</code>, <code>.GT.</code>, <code>.LE.</code>, and <code>.LT.</code>, in
that the latter use the processor's character ordering (which is not
ASCII on some targets), whereas the former always use the ASCII
ordering.
<br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>Fortran 77 and later
<br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Elemental function
<br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd><code>RESULT = LGT(STRING_A, STRING_B)</code>
<br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>STRING_A</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be of default <code>CHARACTER</code> type.
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>STRING_B</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be of default <code>CHARACTER</code> type.
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<br><dt><em>Return value</em>:<dd>Returns <code>.TRUE.</code> if <code>STRING_A > STRING_B</code>, and <code>.FALSE.</code>
otherwise, based on the ASCII ordering.
<br><dt><em>Specific names</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%">Name </td><td valign="top" width="20%">Argument </td><td valign="top" width="20%">Return type </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Standard
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>LGT(STRING_A, STRING_B)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>CHARACTER</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>LOGICAL</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Fortran 77 and later
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<br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="LGE.html#LGE">LGE</a>, <a href="LLE.html#LLE">LLE</a>, <a href="LLT.html#LLT">LLT</a>
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