30. String compareToIgnoreCase( ) example

• Code that compares strings

  
  String lastName1 = "Smith";
  String lastName2 = "Lee";
  int sortResult =
      lastName1.compareToIgnoreCase(lastName2);
  if ( sortResult < 0 ) {
      System.out.println( lastName1 + " comes first." );
  } else if ( sortResult == 0 ) {
      System.out.println( "The names are the same." );
  } else {
      System.out.println( lastName2 + " comes first." );
  }