The compare() method of Short class is used to compare two primitive short values for numerical equality. As it is a static method therefore it can be used without creating any object of Short.
Syntax:
public static int compare(short x, short y)
Parameters: This method accepts two parameters:
- x: which is the first Short object to be compared.
- y: which is the Short object to be compared.
Return type : It returns an int value. It returns:
- 0 if ‘x’ is equal to ‘y’,
- a positive value ‘x’ is greater than ‘y’,
- a negative value ‘x’ is lesser than ‘y’
Below is the implementation of compare() method in Java:
Example 1:
// Java code to demonstrate // Short compare() method class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
short a = 4 ;
short b = 4 ;
// compare method in Short class
int output = Short.compare(a, b);
// printing the output
System.out.println( "Comparing " + a
+ " and " + b + " : "
+ output);
}
} |
Output:
Comparing 4 and 4 : 0
Example 2:
// Java code to demonstrate // Short compare() method class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
short a = 4 ;
short b = 2 ;
// compare method in Short class
int output = Short.compare(a, b);
// printing the output
System.out.println( "Comparing " + a
+ " and " + b + " : "
+ output);
}
} |
Output:
Comparing 4 and 2 : 2
Example 3:
// Java code to demonstrate // Short compare() method class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
short a = 2 ;
short b = 4 ;
// compare method in Short class
int output = Short.compare(a, b);
// printing the output
System.out.println( "Comparing " + a
+ " and " + b + " : "
+ output);
}
} |
Output:
Comparing 2 and 4 : -2