Java Tutorial : Java String [equals(Object anObject) method]

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Java Tutorial : Java String [equals(Object anObject) method] 

EqualsDemo.java

/*
 * public boolean equals(Object anObject)
 * ------------------------------------- 
 * 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.
 * 
 * Overrides: 
 * --------- 
 * equals in class Object
 * 
 * Parameters: 
 * ---------- 
 * anObject - The object to compare this String
 * against
 * 
 * Returns: 
 * ------- 
 * true if the given object represents a String
 * equivalent to this string, false otherwise
 */

public class EqualsDemo
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        boolean result = "welcome".equals("welcome");
        System.out.println("\"welcome\".equals(\"welcome\") = "
                + result);

        result = "welcome".equals("WELCOME");
        System.out.println("\"welcome\".equals(\"WELCOME\") = "
                + result);

        result = "welcome".equals("hello");
        System.out.println("\"welcome\".equals(\"hello\")   = "
                + result);
    }
}

Output

"welcome".equals("welcome") = true
"welcome".equals("WELCOME") = false
"welcome".equals("hello")   = false

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