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The output of the preceding program is as follows:

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Value: 1
since, str1 has one character extra than str2.

Note: if str1= “INDIA” and str2=”INDIAN”, then compareTo() will return-1.

Write a program to compare two identical strings and print the result using the compareTo
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method.
1 class compare
2 {

3 public static void main(String[] args)
4 {

5 String wd1= "Computer";
6 String wd2= "Computer";

7 int value= wd1.compareTo(wd2);
8 System.out.println("Value: "+ value);

9 }
10 }

The output of the preceding program is as follows:

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Value: 0
since, both the strings are equal.

The compareToIgnoreCase(String str) Function
This function is same as the compareTo() function. The only difference is that it compares the two strings without
checking the case of the letters. It returns an integer type value. The syntax is:
int <variable> = String_datatype_Variable.compareToIgnoreCase(String str);
Let us see the below example:
Write a program to compare two strings ignoring case sensitivity and print the result using
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compareToIgnoreCase method.

1 class compare{
2 public static void main(String[] args)

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