Java Can compareTo Handle All String Comparisons in Java?

[tbrown427]

I can't get this to test all the way through

import java.util.Scanner;

public class OrderStrings {
   public static void main (String [] args) {
      String firstString;
      String secondString;

      firstString  = "rabbits";
      secondString = "capes";

     if (secondString.compareTo(firstString) >0){
         System.out.println("capes rabbits");
     }
     else {
         System.out.println("capes rabbits");
     }
      return;
   }
}

 

[johng1]

This code compiles and executes, but the output is always
capes rabbits

Look at your if else statement and notice it makes no difference the result of compareTo; it always just prints the above.