Why use localeCompare?

localeCompare() allows for the fact that you may want to ignore certain differences in the strings (such as puncutation or diacriticals or case) and still allow them to compare the same or you want to ignore certain differences when deciding which string is before the other.

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How do you make a string case insensitive?

Java String equalsIgnoreCase() Method The equalsIgnoreCase() method compares two strings, ignoring lower case and upper case differences. This method returns true if the strings are equal, and false if not. Tip: Use the compareToIgnoreCase() method to compare two strings lexicographically, ignoring case differences.

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