StringBuilder.CompareTo(StringBuilder) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Lang

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Compares two StringBuilder instances lexicographically.

[Android.Runtime.Register("compareTo", "(Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;)I", "", ApiSince=34)]
public int CompareTo (Java.Lang.StringBuilder another);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("compareTo", "(Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;)I", "", ApiSince=34)>]
member this.CompareTo : Java.Lang.StringBuilder -> int

Parameters

another: StringBuilder

the StringBuilder to be compared with

Returns

Int32

the value 0 if this StringBuilder contains the same character sequence as that of the argument StringBuilder; a negative integer if this StringBuilder is lexicographically less than the StringBuilder argument; or a positive integer if this StringBuilder is lexicographically greater than the StringBuilder argument.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Compares two StringBuilder instances lexicographically. This method follows the same rules for lexicographical comparison as defined in the java.lang.CharSequence#compare(java.lang.CharSequence, java.lang.CharSequence) CharSequence.compare(this, another) method.

For finer-grained, locale-sensitive String comparison, refer to java.text.Collator.

Added in 11.

Java documentation for java.lang.StringBuilder.compareTo(java.lang.StringBuilder).

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Applies to