ee.String.compareTo

Compares two strings lexicographically. Returns: the value 0 if the two strings are lexicographically equal; a value less than 0 if string1 is less than string2; and a value greater than 0 if string1 is lexicographically greater than string2.

Usage	Returns
String.compareTo(string2)	Integer

Argument	Type	Details
this: string1	String	The string to compare.
string2	String	The string to be compared.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print(ee.String('a').compareTo('b'));  // -1
print(ee.String('a').compareTo('a'));  // 0
print(ee.String('b').compareTo('a'));  // 1

print(ee.String('a').compareTo(ee.String('b')));  // -1