Compare Two Strings in Java

In this article I would like to share with you a sample program that I wrote in Java to compare the two string if they are the same or the first string is greater than the second string or vice versa. One of the things that I love in Java is that there are many built in functions that makes programming much easier compared to other programming language. I hope you will find my work useful.

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Sample Program Output

Program Listing

Compare_String.java

package hello;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Compare_String {

public static void main(String args[]) {

String str1, str2;

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("Compare Two String in Java");

System.out.println();

System.out.print("Enter First String : ");

str1 = input.nextLine();

System.out.print("Enter Second String : ");

str2 = input.nextLine();

if (str1.compareTo(str2) > 0)

{

System.out.println();

System.out.println("The first string is greater than the second string.");

}

else if (str1.compareTo(str2) < 0)

{

System.out.println();

System.out.println("The first string is smaller than the second string.");

}

else 

{

System.out.println();

System.out.println("Both Strings are equal.");

}

System.out.println();

System.out.println("\t End of Program");

}

}