compare two string in javascript

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hi..
I am trying to compare two string for sorting purpose.i am comparing this string directly by using =,> and < operator.i am getting problem in some case eg:

if(abc12<abc2)
> it returns true but actual i want abc12 string must be greater.

my code is

Java

str1=abc12;
str2=abc2;

if(str1<str2)
{
 alert('str1');
}
else
{
alert('str2');
}

i got output as str1. Actually i want str2.
Provide a solution.

Posted 10-Sep-12 2:07am

Vijay Walunj,Navi mumbai

Updated 10-Sep-12 2:14am

Karthik Harve

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ridoy · Answer 1 · 2012-09-10T03:52:00

Solution 3

http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/JavaScript/0120__String/Comparetwostrings.htm[^]
http://www.zimbio.com/Web+Design/articles/472/Javascript+Compare+Two+Input+Strings[^]
http://javascript.about.com/od/decisionmaking/a/des02.htm[^]

Posted 10-Sep-12 3:52am

ridoy

Mohibur Rashid · Answer 2 · 2012-09-11T00:01:00

Solution 4

first of all you should look at the function string.localCompare[^] as well as to make it work properly you will have to compare string length too

Posted 11-Sep-12 0:01am

Mohibur Rashid

Ganesh Nikam · Answer 3 · 2012-09-11T00:43:00

Solution 5

hiii,

C#

function myFunction()
{
var x="abc123";
var y="abc122"
if((x.localeCompare(y)<0 && x.length<=y.length))
{
alert(y);
}
else
{
alert(x);
}
}

hope this will work fine

Posted 11-Sep-12 0:43am

Ganesh Nikam

*Karthik Harve* · Answer 4 · 2012-09-10T02:22:00

Solution 2

Hi,

try like this,

JavaScript

str1 = 'abc1';
str2 = 'abc2';

if(str1 < str2)
{
  alert('str1');
}
else
{
  alert('str2');
}

hope it works.

Posted 10-Sep-12 2:22am

Karthik Harve

prashant patil 4987 · Answer 5 · 2012-09-10T02:18:00

Solution 1

Try this:

JavaScript

str1=abc12;
str2=abc2;
 
if(str1.length<str2.length)>
{
 alert('str1');
}
else
{
alert('str2');
}

Posted 10-Sep-12 2:18am

prashant patil 4987

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prashant patil 4987 10-Sep-12 8:48am

hey Vijay,
What you want to do...
?
are you want to compare length or whole string character by character?
tell me?