To compare two strings in the current locale, use the localeCompare() method. It returns 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if string1 is sorted before string2, and 1 if string1 is sorted before string2.
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to compare two strings in the current locale in JavaScript −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <script> var a = "klm"; var b = "qrs"; document.write("Character: "+a.localeCompare(b)); </script> </body> </html>