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ee.String.compareTo
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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
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap
for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.String('a').compareTo('b').getInfo()) # -1
print(ee.String('a').compareTo('a').getInfo()) # 0
print(ee.String('b').compareTo('a').getInfo()) # 1
print(ee.String('a').compareTo(ee.String('b')).getInfo()) # -1
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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