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Collator.Compare Method

Definition

Overloads

Compare(String, String)

Compares the source text String to the target text String according to this Collator's rules, strength and decomposition mode.

Compare(Object, Object)

Compares the source Object to the target Object.

Compare(String, String)

Compares the source text String to the target text String according to this Collator's rules, strength and decomposition mode.

[Android.Runtime.Register("compare", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I", "GetCompare_Ljava_lang_String_Ljava_lang_String_Handler", ApiSince=24)]
public abstract int Compare (string? source, string? target);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("compare", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I", "GetCompare_Ljava_lang_String_Ljava_lang_String_Handler", ApiSince=24)>]
abstract member Compare : string * string -> int

Parameters

source
String

the source String.

target
String

the target String.

Returns

Returns an integer value. Value is less than zero if source is less than target, value is zero if source and target are equal, value is greater than zero if source is greater than target.

Attributes

Remarks

Compares the source text String to the target text String according to this Collator's rules, strength and decomposition mode. Returns an integer less than, equal to or greater than zero depending on whether the source String is less than, equal to or greater than the target String. See the Collator class description for an example of use.

Java documentation for android.icu.text.Collator.compare(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to

Compare(Object, Object)

Compares the source Object to the target Object.

[Android.Runtime.Register("compare", "(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)I", "GetCompare_Ljava_lang_Object_Ljava_lang_Object_Handler", ApiSince=24)]
public virtual int Compare (Java.Lang.Object? source, Java.Lang.Object? target);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("compare", "(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)I", "GetCompare_Ljava_lang_Object_Ljava_lang_Object_Handler", ApiSince=24)>]
abstract member Compare : Java.Lang.Object * Java.Lang.Object -> int
override this.Compare : Java.Lang.Object * Java.Lang.Object -> int

Parameters

source
Object

the source Object.

target
Object

the target Object.

Returns

Returns an integer value. Value is less than zero if source is less than target, value is zero if source and target are equal, value is greater than zero if source is greater than target.

Attributes

Remarks

Compares the source Object to the target Object.

Java documentation for android.icu.text.Collator.compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Applies to