package org.kodejava.example.lang;
public class StringEquals
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String s1 = "Hello World";
String s2 = new String("Hello World");
//
// To compare string for equality we must use the equals method of
// the string object. This ensure that the string content is compared
// and not the object reference of the both string. This process will
// return true as s1 and s2 have the same value.
//
if (s1.equals(s2))
{
System.out.println("String is equal");
}
else
{
System.out.println("String is unequal");
}
//
// Do not use the == operator to compare string for it's content, the ==
// operator check return true only if the object has the same reference. This
// process will return false as the string references to a different object.
//
if (s1 == s2)
{
System.out.println("String is equal");
}
else
{
System.out.println("String is unequal");
}
}
}
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