Byte compare() method in Java with examples

Last Updated : 05 Dec, 2018

The compare() method of Byte class is a built in method in Java which is used to compare two byte values.

Syntax

Byte.compare(byte a, byte b)

Parameters: It takes two byte value ‘a’ and ‘b’ as input in the parameters which are to be compared.

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

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

Below is the implementation of compare() method in Java:

Example 1:

// Java code to demonstrate 
// Byte compare() method 
  
class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        // byte value 'a' 
        byte a = 20; 
  
        // byte value 'b' 
        byte b = 20; 
  
        // compare method of Byte class 
        int output = Byte.compare(a, b); 
  
        // printing the output 
        System.out.println("Comparing " + a 
                           + " and " + b + " : "
                           + output); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Comparing 20 and 20 : 0

Example 2:

// Java code to demonstrate 
// Byte compare() method 
  
class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        // byte value 'a' 
        byte a = 20; 
  
        // byte value 'b' 
        byte b = 10; 
  
        // compare method of Byte class 
        int output = Byte.compare(a, b); 
  
        // printing the output 
        System.out.println("Comparing " + a 
                           + " and " + b + " : "
                           + output); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Comparing 20 and 10 : 10

Example 3:

// Java code to demonstrate 
// Byte compare() method 
  
class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        // byte value 'a' 
        byte a = 10; 
  
        // byte value 'b' 
        byte b = 20; 
  
        // compare method of Byte class 
        int output = Byte.compare(a, b); 
  
        // printing the output 
        System.out.println("Comparing " + a 
                           + " and " + b + " : "
                           + output); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Comparing 10 and 20 : -10

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