Description:
This method returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes before or after or is the same as the given string in sort order.
Syntax:
string.localeCompare( param ) |
Here is the detail of parameters:
- param : A string to be compared with string object.
Return Value:
- 0 : It string matches 100%.
- 1 : no match, and the parameter value comes before the string object's value in the locale sort order
- -1 : no match, and the parameter value comes after the string object's value in the locale sort order
Example:
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript String localeCompare() Method</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var str1 = new String( "This is beautiful string" ); var index = str1.localeCompare( "XYZ" ); document.write("localeCompare first :" + index ); document.write("<br />" ); var index = str1.localeCompare( "AbCD ?" ); document.write("localeCompare second :" + index ); </script> </body> </html> |
This will produce following result:
localeCompare first :-1 localeCompare second :1 |
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