BEFOREP word1 word2 BEFORE? word1 word2 outputs TRUE if word1 comes before word2 in ASCII collating sequence (for words of letters, in alphabetical order). Case-sensitivity is determined by the value of CASEIGNOREDP. Note that if the inputs are numbers, the result may not be the same as with LESSP; for example, BEFOREP 3 12 is false because 3 collates after 1.