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equals method in java
Posted on: July 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM

In this example you will see how to use equals method in java.

Description:

The equals method found in java.lang.object. It is use to check state(data) of object not identifying the location in Memory of the object. It return the Boolean value.

In other way it compare content of object. where as the "==" operator check instance of object are same or not.

Code:


public class EqualDemo1 {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    String s1 = new String("bharat");

    String s2 = new String("bharat");

    String s3 = new String("suraj");

    if (s1.equals(s2))

      System.out.println("TRUE");

    else

      System.out.println("FALSE");

    if (s1.equals(s3))

      System.out.println("TRUE");

    else

      System.out.println("FALSE");

  }

}

Output:

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