/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, Intrinsic Procedures, LGE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  LGE (character, character)

  A function that returns a value of true if the first character
  string is greater than or equal to the second character string.
  The ASCII collating sequence determines the relationship between
  the arguments.  The arguments must be character expressions.  The
  result is a LOGICAL*4 value.