String compare by equals() method in Java

The equals() method of the String class 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.

Example

 Live Demo

public class Test {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      Integer x = 5;
      Integer y = 10;
      Integer z =5;
      Short a = 5;
      System.out.println(x.equals(y));
      System.out.println(x.equals(z));
      System.out.println(x.equals(a));
   }
}

Output

false
true
false

Jai Janardhan

Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:21

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