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:
Name | Description | Type |
---|---|---|
anObject | The object to compare this String against. | Object |
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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