JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/localeCompare
"localeCompare()" Example
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<html> <body> <button onclick="var myS = new String("Sample String"); alert(myS.localeCompare("Sample String"));">compare string by locale</button> </body> </html>
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"localeCompare()" is applied to
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+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Applied_To |String | +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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"localeCompare()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
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Note: Compares the String value to the system"s locale settings. Returns 0 match -1 no match, and the parameter value comes before
the String object"s value in the locale sort order
1 no match, and the parameter value comes after the
String object"s value in the locale sort order
Syntax:
stringName.localeCompare(param1) Parameters:
param1 Required; the string to search for inside the object. </source>