Question

How to compare two strings lexicographically in Java

Answer 1

public class CompareTwoStringsLexicographically_java {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.out.println(compare("aa", "ab")); // <
        System.out.println(compare("a", "b")); // <
        System.out.println(compare("a", "c")); // <
        
        System.out.println(compare("aa", "aa")); // ==
        
        System.out.println(compare("ba", "aa")); // >
        System.out.println(compare("ca", "aa")); // >
        System.out.println(compare("ab", "aa")); // >
    }
    
    public static int compare(String a, String b) {
        return a.compareTo(b);
    }
}


   
/*
run:
   
-1
-1
-2
0
1
2
1
   
*/

 

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