The String method compareToIgnoreCase should do the trick. For example:

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int result = string1.compareToIgnoreCase(string2);
// here result < 0 if string1 > string2
// or result = 0 if string1 == string2
// or result > 0 if string1 < string2

int result = string1.compareToIgnoreCase(string2); // here result < 0 if string1 > string2 // or result = 0 if string1 == string2 // or result > 0 if string1 < string2

That should give you a start anyway. Have a go and see what you can come up with.

Are you sure about that? I thought it just added the value of the separate characters for each String, then compared those values. Which would not put them in alphabetical order. I'm not saying you're wrong, just curious.