Differentiate between compareTo() and equals().

Question

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Answer 1

compareTo() returns -1, 0, & 1 for <, =, & >. It lets you perform <= and >= by using the normal operators with 0.

equals() returns true when both have same value and false otherwise.

Answer 2

https://www.leepoint.net/data/expressions/22compareobjects.html

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Comparable.html
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_string_compareto.htm
https://www.javatpoint.com/java-string-compareto
https://beginnersbook.com/2013/12/java-string-compareto-method-example/

https://www.javatpoint.com/java-string-equals
https://www.javaworld.com/article/2072762/java-app-dev/object-equality.html