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Javascript String - localeCompare() Method
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 )
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Here is the detail of parameters:
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>
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This will produce following result:
localeCompare first :-1
localeCompare second :1
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To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.
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