Java Data Type Tutorial - Byte compare(byte x, byte y) example

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Byte compare(byte x, byte y) compares two byte values.

Syntax

compare has the following syntax.

public static int compare(byte x, byte y)

Parameters

compare has the following parameters.

x

the first byte to compare

y

the second byte to compare

Return

compare returns

• 0 if x == y;
• a value less than 0 if x < y;
• a value greater than 0 if x > y

Example

In the following code shows how to use Byte.compare(byte x, byte y) method.

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
     byte b1 = 1;
     byte b2 = 2;
     System.out.println(  Byte.compare(b1,b2));
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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