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public int compareTo

    (String pValue) throws Exception

Description

Compares the value of the item or activity attribute with the specified value. compareTo() returns 0 if the two values are equal, -1 if the attribute value is less than the specified value, or 1 if the attribute value is greater than the specified value.

This method throws an Exception if it cannot convert the specified value to the appropriate format for an attribute of type number or date.

Arguments (input)

pValue

The test value to compare to the attribute value.