Java String - equalsIgnoreCase() Method

The java.lang.String.equalsIgnoreCase() method is used to compare the specified string against the given string, ignoring case considerations. It returns true if the specified string is not null and represents a string equivalent to given string ignoring case, else returns false.

Syntax

public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns true if the argument is not null and it represents an equivalent String ignoring case; false otherwise.

Exception

NA.

Example:

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

import java.lang.*;

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

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

The output of the above code will be:

true
false