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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Description:</b></p>
<p> This method compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case differences.<br />
<b>Syntax:</b></p>
<p> Here is the syntax of this method:</p>
<pre class="highlight" name="code">int compareToIgnoreCase(String str)
</pre>
<p><b>Parameters:</b></p>
<p>Here is the detail of parameters:</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>str &#8212; the String to be compared.</li>
</ul>
<p>
 <b>Return Value:</b></p>
<p> This method returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the specified String is greater than, equal to, or less than this String, ignoring case considerations.</p>
<p> <b>Example:</b></p>
<pre class="highlight" name="code">public class Test {

 public static void main(String args[]) {
 String str1 = "Strings are immutable";
 String str2 = "Strings are immutable";
 String str3 = "Integers are not immutable";

 int result = str1.compareToIgnoreCase( str2 );
 System.out.println(result);
 
 result = str2.compareToIgnoreCase( str3 );
 System.out.println(result);
 
 result = str3.compareToIgnoreCase( str1 );
 System.out.println(result);
 }
}
</pre>
<p>This produces following result:</p>
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output:</b><br />
0<br />
10<br />
-10</div>
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