源码:
public int compareTo(String anotherString) {
int len1 = value.length;
int len2 = anotherString.value.length;
//比较两个字符串的长度, 找出最小值;
int lim = Math.min(len1, len2);
char v1[] = value;
char v2[] = anotherString.value;
int k = 0;
while (k < lim) {
char c1 = v1[k];
char c2 = v2[k];
//比较最小长度中的字符是否相同
if (c1 != c2) {
return c1 - c2;
}
k++;
}
//如果最小长度的字符都相同, 再比较两个字符串的长度是否相同
return len1 - len2;
}
还有一种是忽略大小写的场景人认为A和a是相同的,就得用下面这种方法
public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
int n1 = s1.length();
int n2 = s2.length();
//比较两个字符串的长度,找出最小值
int min = Math.min(n1, n2);
for (int i = 0; i < min; i++) {
char c1 = s1.charAt(i);
char c2 = s2.charAt(i);
if (c1 != c2) {
//转成大写比较
c1 = Character.toUpperCase(c1);
c2 = Character.toUpperCase(c2);
if (c1 != c2) {
//如果转成大写比较不一样,就转成小写比较
c1 = Character.toLowerCase(c1);
c2 = Character.toLowerCase(c2);
//上面两个if确定了不是A,a这样子的字符,直接比较大小
if (c1 != c2) {
// No overflow because of numeric promotion
return c1 - c2;
}
}
}
}
return n1 - n2;
}
比较详细的介绍:(作者:java菜鸟进阶
链接:https://www.jianshu.com/p/89e64fd575b6)