Question

How to compare two strings lexicographically in VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System

Public Class CompareTwoStringsLexicographically_VB_NET
    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("aa", "ab"))
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("a", "b"))
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("a", "c"))
		
        Console.WriteLine(String.Compare("aaa", "aca"))
		
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("aa", "aa"))
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("ba", "aa"))
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("ca", "aa"))
        Console.WriteLine(Compare("ab", "aa"))
    End Sub

    Public Shared Function Compare(ByVal a As String, ByVal b As String) As Integer
        Return String.Compare(a, b)
    End Function
End Class



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