found this in ~/, saving it before removing. no idea what it does

gistfile1.txt

//
// Compare two characters
//
// returns 0 if equal, -1 if x is before y, 1 otherwise.
function compareChars(x, y) {
	if (x === y) {
		return 0;
	}

	if (x === undefined) {
		return 1;
	}

	if (y === undefined) {
		return -1;
	}

	var xc = x.charCodeAt(0);
	var yc = y.charCodeAt(0);

	return xc < yc ? -1 : 1;
}

function compareStrings(x, y) {
	x = x.split('');
	y = y.split('');

	var i = 0;
	var ch_x = x[i];
	var ch_y = y[i];
	var result;

	while (((result = compareChars(ch_x, ch_y)) === 0)) {
		i += 1;
		ch_x = x[i];
		ch_y = y[i];

		if (ch_x === undefined) {
			if (ch_y === undefined) {
				result = 0;
				break;
			}
			result = -1;
			break;
		}
		if (ch_y === undefined) {
			result = 1;
			break;
		}
	}

	console.log('Found in ' + i + ' steps', result);
	return result;
}

compareStrings('~/Scripts/src/components/accounts.js', '~/Scripts/src/components/accounts-services.js');
compareStrings('~/Scripts/src/components/accounts.js', '~/Scripts/src/components/accounts.js');

It does a lexicographical comparison of two strings, returning 1 if the left is bigger, -1 if the right is bigger and 0 if they are equal.

It could just be implemented

function compareStrings(x, y) { if (x > y) return 1; if (y > x) return -1; return 0 }