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/*
Java String compare
example.
This Java String compare
example describes how Java String is compared with another
Java String object or
Java Object.
*/
public class JavaStringCompareExample{
public
static void
main(String args[]){
/*
Java String class defines
following methods to compare Java String object.
1) int compareTo( String
anotherString )
compare two string based
upon the unicode value of each character in the String.
Returns negative int
if first string is less than another
Returns positive int
if first string is grater than another
Returns 0 if both strings
are same.
2) int compareTo( Object
obj )
Behaves exactly like
compareTo ( String anotherString) if the argument object is of
type String, otherwise throws ClassCastException.
3) int compareToIgnoreCase(
String anotherString )
Compares two strings
ignoring the character case of the given String.
*/
String str = "Hello World";
String anotherString = "hello world";
Object objStr = str;
/* compare two strings, case sensitive */
System.out.println( str.compareTo(anotherString)
);
/* compare two strings, ignores character case */
System.out.println( str.compareToIgnoreCase(anotherString)
);
/* compare string with object */
System.out.println( str.compareTo(objStr)
);
}
}
/*
OUTPUT of the above
given Java String compare Example would be :
-32
0
0
*/
