Name
compare — Compare two strings
Usage
String.compare(str1, str2)
str1
str2
Description
Compares two strings lexicographically. Returns -1
if str1 is less than
str2, 1 if
str1 is greater than
str2, and 0 if they are
equal. If one string is a prefix of the other, the shorter string is
the lesser one.
Returns invalid if either argument can’t be
converted to a string.
Examples
String compare("one", "two")returns integer -1
String.compare("two", "three")returns integer 1
String.compare("four", "four")returns integer 0
String.compare("six", "sixteen")returns integer -1
String.compare(6, 16)
returns integer 1
String.compare(invalid, "foo")
returns invalid
String.compare("foo", invalid)returns invalid
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