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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)

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- anObject : the object to compare this String against.

## Return Value :

- true if the String are equal; false otherwise.

## 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 );
       }
    }

This produces following result:

    Returned  Value true
    Returned  Value true

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