Java String: equals() Method

public boolean equals(Object anObject)

The equals() method is used to compare a given 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.

Java Platform: Java SE 8

Syntax:

equals(Object anObject)

Parameters:

Return Value : true if the given object represents a String equivalent to this string, false otherwise.

Return Value Type: boolean

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Example: Java String equals() Method

The following example shows the usage of java String() method.

public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String columnist1 = "Walter Winchell";
        String columnist2 = "John Gilbert";
        String columnist3 = "Stephen Edwin King";

        // Are any of the above Strings equal to one another?
boolean equals1 = columnist1.equals(columnist2);
boolean equals2 = columnist1.equals(columnist3);
System.out.println();
        // Display the results of the equality checks.
System.out.println("\"" + columnist1 + "\" equals \"" +
            columnist2 + "\"? " + equals1);
System.out.println("\"" + columnist1 + "\" equals \"" +
            columnist3 + "\"? " + equals2);
System.out.println();
    }
}

Output:

"Walter Winchell" equals "John Gilbert"? false         
"Walter Winchell" equals "Stephen Edwin King"? false

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