(vii) Give the output of the following String class methods:
(a) "COMMENCEMENT".lastIndexOf('M')
(b) "devote" . compareTo("DEVOTE")

Solution

(a) 8
(b) Here compareTo() function returns the difference in two strings if they are not equal,if they are equal then returns zero

So,"devote" . compareTo("DEVOTE") 100-68
32