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Boolean compareTo() method in Java with examples

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The

compareTo()

method of

Boolean class

is a built in method in Java which is used to compare the given Boolean instance with the current instance.

Syntax:

BooleanObject.compareTo(Boolean a)

Parameters:

It takes a Boolean value

as parameter which is to be compared with the current instance.

Return Type:

The return type of the function is

int

. It returns:

0 if 'a' is equal to 'b',
a negative value if 'a'is false and 'b' is true,
a positive value if 'a' is true and 'b' is false.

Below are programs to illustrate the compareTo() method of Boolean class:

Program 1: JAVA


 // Java code to implement
// compareTo() method of Boolean class

class GeeksforGeeks {

    // Driver method
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Boolean object
        Boolean a = new Boolean(true);

        // Boolean object
        Boolean b = new Boolean(true);

        // compare method
        System.out.println(a + " comparing with " + b
                           + " = " + a.compareTo(b));
    }
}

Output:

true comparing with true = 0

Program 2: JAVA


 // Java code to implement
// compareTo() method of Java class

class GeeksforGeeks {

    // Driver method
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Boolean object
        Boolean a = new Boolean(true);

        // Boolean object
        Boolean b = new Boolean(false);

        // compare method
        System.out.println(a + " comparing with " + b
                           + " = " + a.compareTo(b));
    }
}

Output:

true comparing with false = 1

Program 3: JAVA


 // Java code to implement
// compareTo() method of Java class

class GeeksforGeeks {

    // Driver method
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Boolean object
        Boolean a = new Boolean(false);

        // Boolean object
        Boolean b = new Boolean(true);

        // compare method
        System.out.println(a + " comparing with " + b
                           + " = " + a.compareTo(b));
    }
}

Output:

false comparing with true = -1

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