Use the Compare() method to compare strings in CSharp

Description

The following code shows how to use the Compare() method to compare strings.

Example


  //from w w  w.jav  a 2s.c  om
  
  
     
using System;

class MainClass {

    public static void Main() {

        int result;
        result = String.Compare("bbc", "abc");
        Console.WriteLine("String.Compare(\"bbc\", \"abc\") = " + result);
        result = String.Compare("abc", "bbc");
        Console.WriteLine("String.Compare(\"abc\", \"bbc\") = " + result);
        result = String.Compare("bbc", "bbc");
        Console.WriteLine("String.Compare(\"bbc\", \"bbc\") = " + result);
        result = String.Compare("bbc", "BBC", true);
        Console.WriteLine("String.Compare(\"bbc\", \"BBC\", true) = " + result);
        result = String.Compare("bbc", "BBC", false);
        Console.WriteLine("String.Compare(\"bbc\", \"BBC\", false) = " + result);
        result = String.Compare("Hello World", 6, "Goodbye World", 8, 5);
        Console.WriteLine("String.Compare(\"Hello World\", 6, " + "\"Goodbye World\", 8, 5) = " + result);
    
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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