treeset compare

[samaravadhi]

I have two treesets ‘ts’ and ‘tn’.
I have to compare ts with tn if value in ts is there and not in tn then I have to print ts value not found in tn.
Also if value in tn is there and not in ts , I have to print tn value not in ts…
Can you suggest me how to compare two treeset…

both treesets have string values

[KevinWorkman]

What have you tried? What did the API tell you?

[samaravadhi]

I have tried using iterator

[KevinWorkman]

I have tried using iterator

How'd you use it? What happened when you tried that? Where's your SSCCE?

Recommended reading: TreeSet (Java Platform SE 6)

[samaravadhi]

TreeSet ts= c1.readPropertiesFile(F1);
TreeSet tn= c1.readPropertiesFile(F2);
Iterator itn = tn.iterator();
Iterator its= ts.iterator();

while (itn.hasNext()){
String stn=(String)itn.next();
System.out.println(" ");
// System.out.println("Stn:"+ stn + " ");

while (its.hasNext()){
String sts=(String)its.next();
if((stn.compareToIgnoreCase(sts) )== 0 ){

System.out.println("Sts:"+ sts + " ");
System.out.println("Stn:"+ stn + " ");
break;
}

}

[pbrockway2]

That's only a snippet of code and you didn't say what it does. Read the SSCCE link you were given earlier.

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if((stn.compareToIgnoreCase(sts)== 0 ){

This will be true when the two strings are equal - but you are trying to find strings in one set but not the other. The link to the javadocs is also very useful here. Look for the removeAll() method which is designed to find elements in one set but not in another set (or collection).

[samaravadhi]

Thanks removeAll worked for me