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Here we're looking for the correct implementation of the "compareTo" function. Shall we compareTheeTo a summer's day? Eh, probably not a bad idea. Flattery will get us everywhere.

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[Man transforms apple and christmas tree into pineapple] Christmassy of apples the pineapple consider the following code segments

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assume that red and green are the only two apple colors and green apples are

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better than red apples due to their superior taste and crunch do agree that

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golden delicious apples are actually the best but that doesn't fit into this [Man throws away golden apple]

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logic so we'll keep it simple and show Granny Smith some love.. The compare to

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function should return a positive value if the Apple is better than the other

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Apple a negative value if the Apple is better and zero if the two apples are

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equal i.e they're of same color well which of the following is a correct

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implementation of the compared to function we can already eliminate choice

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A and B they return a string minus a string the return type of the Apple

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compared to must be an int so the other three choices are similar to each

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other let's break them down. Choice E returns a negative value of the

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comparison between the string value of the other color and the apple color this

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means that the Apple color was green in the other color was red the string [Green and Red apples appear in a kitchen]

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compared to would return a positive value the Apple compared to then returns

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the opposite of this value in this case we're turning a negative value we want a

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positive value returned if the apples green all right so choice D compares the

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string value of the apple color to the other color but the apple color with [Green and Red apple in a bowl]

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green and the other was red. This would return a negative value this is also

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incorrect choice C compares string value of the apple color to the other

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colors, this would return a negative value if the apple color was green and the other

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was red but the Apple compareto method returns the opposite of this value this [person punches negative value off a table]

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would be a positive value which is exactly what we want, so answer C...

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next time we'll explore another cool crossbreed..snape ple yeah remember that

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guy... [Snape and apple transform into snapple bottle]

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