- string
- the string to compare.
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Type Reason Java.Lang.NullPointerException if string is null.
Compares this string to the given string.
The strings are compared one char at a time. In the discussion of the return value below, note that char does not mean code point, though this should only be visible for surrogate pairs.
If there is an index at which the two strings differ, the result is the difference between the two chars at the lowest such index. If not, but the lengths of the strings differ, the result is the difference between the two strings' lengths. If the strings are the same length and every char is the same, the result is 0.