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Question
The following code to compare two strings is compiled, the following syntax error was displayed - incompatible types - int cannot be converted to boolean.
Identify the statement which has the error and write the correct statement. Give the output of the program segment.
void calculate()
{
String a="KING",b="KINGDOM";
boolean x=a.compareTo(b);
system.out.println(x);
}Solution
-4
Reason: compareTo() gives the ASCII difference between the first two dissimilar characters present in the string, but if any one of the strings ends early, then it returns the difference of the length.
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