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      .compareTo()

      Description of the method

      Description: .compareTo() compares the alphabetical order of two strings. Method returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer depending on whether the string is greater than, equal to, or less than this String.
      Available for: string
      Parameters: string
      Return type: int

      Example

      Context: TransactionType1
      OCL: self.Id.compareTo("aaaa") = 0
      Description: Example rule expects the value of Id to contain characters "aaaa".

      The XML snippet below would pass this check.

      <Id>aaaa</Id>

      The other snippet below however would not pass this check.

      <Id>AAAA</Id>