Sequencing Strings : String Compare « Data Type « Java Tutorial

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] arg) {
    
    String string1 = "abcde";
    String string2 = "bcdef";
    
    if(string1.compareTo(string2) > 0) {
      System.out.println("greater");
    }

    if(string1.compareTo(string2) == 0) {
      System.out.println("equal");
    }

    if(string1.compareTo(string2) < 0) {
      System.out.println("less");
    }

  }
}

less

2.23.String Compare
	2.23.1.	Comparing Strings for Equality
	2.23.2.	To check for equality between two strings ignoring the case
	2.23.3.	Sequencing Strings
	2.23.4.	String length, charAt, equals
	2.23.5.	equals() and equalsIgnoreCase().
	2.23.6.	equals() vs ==
	2.23.7.	Region Matches
	2.23.8.	Compares all Strings in an array and returns the index at which the Strings begin to differ.
	2.23.9.	Compares all Strings in an array and returns the initial sequence of characters that is common to all of them.
	2.23.10.	Compares two Strings, and returns the index at which the Strings begin to differ.
	2.23.11.	Compares two Strings, and returns the portion where they differ.
	2.23.12.	Compress 2 adjacent (single or double) quotes into a single (s or d) quote when found in the middle of a String.