Java - String equals() Method
Description
This method compares this string to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a String object that represents the same sequence of characters as this object.
Syntax
Here is the syntax of this method −
public boolean equals(Object anObject)
Parameters
Here is the detail of parameters −
- anObject − the object to compare this String against.
Return Value
- This method returns true if the String are equal; false otherwise.
Example
public class Test { public static void main(String args[]) { String Str1 = new String("This is really not immutable!!"); String Str2 = Str1; String Str3 = new String("This is really not immutable!!"); boolean retVal; retVal = Str1.equals( Str2 ); System.out.println("Returned Value = " + retVal ); retVal = Str1.equals( Str3 ); System.out.println("Returned Value = " + retVal ); } }
This will produce the following result −
Output
Returned Value = true Returned Value = true
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