How to compare arrays in Java

Following example uses equals method to check whether two arrays are or not.

Example

import java.util.Arrays;
public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args)
   throws Exception {
      int[] ary = {1,2,3,4,5,6}; int[] ary1 = {1,2,3,4,5,6}; int[] ary2 = {1,2,3,4};
      System.out.println("Is array 1 equal to array 2?? " +Arrays.equals(ary, ary1));
      System.out.println("Is array 1 equal to array 3?? " +Arrays.equals(ary, ary2));
   }
}

Output

The above code sample will produce the following result.

Is array 1 equal to array 2?? true Is array 1 equal to array 3?? false