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Description

This method compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case differences.

Syntax

Here is the syntax of this method −

int compareToIgnoreCase(String str)

Parameters

Here is the detail of parameters −

str − the String to be compared.

Return Value

This method returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the specified String is greater than, equal to, or less than this String, ignoring case considerations.

Example

Live Demo public class Test { public static void main(String args[]) { String str1 = "Strings are immutable"; String str2 = "Strings are immutable"; String str3 = "Integers are not immutable"; int result = str1.compareToIgnoreCase( str2 ); System.out.println(result); result = str2.compareToIgnoreCase( str3 ); System.out.println(result); result = str3.compareToIgnoreCase( str1 ); System.out.println(result);

This will produce the following result −

Output

java_strings.htm

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