Java String - equals() Method

The java.lang.String.equals() method is used to compare the object against the given string. It returns true if the given object represents a string equivalent to given string, else returns false.

Syntax

public boolean equals(Object anObject)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns true if the given object represents a string equivalent to given string, else returns false.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, equals() method is used to compare the string objects against the given string.

import java.lang.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String str1 = "Hello World";
    String str2 = "Hello World";
    String str3 = "Hello";

    System.out.println(str1.equals(str2)); 
    System.out.println(str1.equals(str3)); 
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

true
false

Example:

In the example below, equals() method is used to compare the objects against the given string.

import java.lang.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String str1 = "Java";
    Object str2 = "Java";
    Object str3 = "Python";

    System.out.println(str1.equals(str2)); 
    System.out.println(str1.equals(str3)); 
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

true
false