Public Method compareTo

int compareTo(Object anObject)

int compareTo(String other)

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Compares this string with string other lexicographically based on the Unicode value of each character.

This method returns the value 0 if the argument string is equal to this string, a value less than 0 if this string is lexicographically less than the string argument and a value greater than 0 if this string is lexicographically greater than the string argument.

Example

int i = "abc".compareTo("abd"); // returns -1

int i = "abc".compareTo("abc"); // returns 0

int i = "abc".compareTo("abb"); // returns 1