Description
Compares two Strings, testing whether one comes before or after the other, or whether they’re equal. The strings are compared character by character, using the ASCII values of the characters. That means, for example, that 'a' comes before 'b' but after 'A'. Numbers come before letters.
Syntax
myString.compareTo(myString2)
Parameters
myString
: a variable of type String
myString2
: another variable of type String
Returns
a negative number
: if myString comes before myString2
0
: if String equals myString2
a positive number
: if myString comes after myString2