compareTo() Method with empty string in java

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Program:

 public class CompareToMethodExample {
	public static void main(String args[]){

	String s1="world";
	String s2="";
	String s3="my";
	System.out.println(s1.compareTo(s2));
	System.out.println(s2.compareTo(s3));
	}
}

/*
If you compare string with blank or empty string, it returns
length of the string. If second string is empty, result would
be positive. If first string is empty, result would be negative.*/

Output:

5
-2
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