Java Guava | Ints.compare() method with Examples

Ints.compare() is a method of Ints class in Guava library which is used to compare the two given int values. It takes two integers as parameters that are to be compared. It returns a comparator value based on the comparison of the specified integers.

Syntax :

public static int compare(int a, int b)

Parameters: This method takes two paramters:

a: which is the first integer value to be compared.
b: which is the second integer value to be compared.

Return Value: This method returns an int value. It returns:

0 if ‘a’ is equal to ‘b’,
a positive value ‘a’ is greater than ‘b’,
a negative value ‘a’ is lesser than ‘b’

Below programs illustrate the use of the above method:

Example-1:

// Java code to show implementation of 
// Guava's Ints.compare() method 
import com.google.common.primitives.Ints; 
import java.util.List; 
  
class GFG { 
    // Driver's code 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // Using Ints.compare() method to 
        // compare the two specified int 
        // values in the standard way 
        // This should return positive number 
        // as a is greater than b 
        System.out.println(Ints.compare(5, 3)); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Example-2 :

// Java code to show implementation of 
// Guava's Ints.compare() method 
import com.google.common.primitives.Ints; 
import java.util.List; 
  
class GFG { 
    // Driver's code 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // Using Ints.compare() method to 
        // compare the two specified int 
        // values in the standard way 
        // This should return 0 as a == b 
        System.out.println(Ints.compare(2, 2)); 
    } 
} 

Output:

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