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Java - String equals() Method

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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:

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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 );
   }
}

This produces following result:

Returned  Value true
Returned  Value true

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