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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)
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Parameters:
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Return Value :
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 );
}
}
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This produces following result:
Returned Value true
Returned Value true
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