String class

compareTo()

String::compareTo, compareTo, String.compareTo

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.

String comparison only compares the 8-bit ASCII values. It does not compare UTF-8 encoded strings properly.

// SYNTAX
string.compareTo(string2)

// PROTOTYPE
int compareTo(const String &s) const;

Parameters:

• string: a variable of type String
• string2: another variable of type String

Returns:

• a negative number: if string comes before string2
• 0: if string equals string2
• a positive number: if string comes after string2