equals()

Description

Compares two strings for equality. The comparison is case-sensitive, meaning the String “hello” is not equal to the String “HELLO”.

Syntax


string.equals(string2)

Parameters

string : a variable of type String
string2 : another variable of type String

Returns

true: if string equals string2
false: otherwise

Example

StringComparisonOperators

See also

String
equalsIgnoreCase()
compareTo()


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