import java.util.Scanner; public class CompareToIgnoreCase { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); String s1, s2; System.out.print("Enter s1 = "); s1 = input.next(); System.out.print("Enter s2 = "); s2 = input.next(); if ( s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2) < 0 ) System.out.println(s1 + " preceeds " + s2); else if ( s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2) > 0 ) System.out.println(s1 + " succeeds " + s2); else if ( s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2) == 0 ) System.out.println(s1 + " is same as " + s2); } }