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Hi,

I'm looking for a way to compare two string alphabetically in Dashboard to then make some results happen based on the results. I am not much of a coder, but I have been learning a lot, and I've found that not ALL Java commands work in Dashboard.

I'm trying to do a simple compare to prove the concept before building it into where I actually need it

var a = "a";
var b = "b";
var c = a.compareTo(b);
ogscript.debug(c);

But I get the error "Cannot find function compareTo in object a" when I try it. 

Is there another way to compare two strings and find out the alphabetical order of them?

Thanks for any help

https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_array_sort.asp

Soooo, you could Just add each to an array and then sort i? 

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to compare two string alphabetically in Dashboard to then make some results happen based on the results. I am not much of a coder, but I have been learning a lot, and I've found that not ALL Java commands work in Dashboard.

I'm trying to do a simple compare to prove the concept before building it into where I actually need it

var a = "a";
var b = "b";
var c = a.compareTo(b);
ogscript.debug(c);

But I get the error "Cannot find function compareTo in object a" when I try it. 

Is there another way to compare two strings and find out the alphabetical order of them?

Thanks for any help

Thanks Aleksander, I appreciate the response. However, as per what seems to be usual for me on these boards, I found the answer myself shortly after posting the message.

"string.localeCompare(string2)" will return a 0 or 1 depending on the alphabetical value.

I was using this to populate a Standings table for a league, pulling data from the web. The issue was that I was using the "rank" to set the data, but with some teams being tied for rank, it would set the first team data and then replace it with the second team data. So I added in some code to check if the rank is a duplicate, and then according to the alphabetical order of the team name, adjust the rank accordingly so when I set the data into the table all is good.

https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_array_sort.asp

Soooo, you could Just add each to an array and then sort i? 

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to compare two string alphabetically in Dashboard to then make some results happen based on the results. I am not much of a coder, but I have been learning a lot, and I've found that not ALL Java commands work in Dashboard.

I'm trying to do a simple compare to prove the concept before building it into where I actually need it

var a = "a";
var b = "b";
var c = a.compareTo(b);
ogscript.debug(c);

But I get the error "Cannot find function compareTo in object a" when I try it. 

Is there another way to compare two strings and find out the alphabetical order of them?

Thanks for any help