Kevin,

You can use == to compare strings in C# like this:

string myS1 = "20050107";
string myS2 = "20050207";

if (myS1 == myS2)
	MessageBox.Show("Strings are equal");
else
	MessageBox.Show("strings are not equal");

I guess it doesn't really make sense to check if a sring is less or greater than another string.
If you have a specific senario where comparing strings are usefull please post and I can take a look at it.

Einar


>>You have the right idea, but the keyword int is equal to System.Int32 and you convert it using Conver.ToInt16 and the max value for Int16 is 32767. Use Conver.ToInt32 instead:
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>Thanks, both.
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>Converting to an integer happens to work in this scenario, because both character strings are numeric.
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>However, what if either string contained letters. How would they be compared in C#?
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>TIA, Kevin