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 :
This method returns 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:
output:
Returned Value = true
Returned Value = true
Returned Value = true
Returned Value = true
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