equalsIgnoreCase()

Description

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

Syntax


string.equalsIgnoreCase(string2)

Parameters

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

Returns

true: if string equals string2 (ignoring case)
false: otherwise

Example

StringComparisonOperators

See also

String
equals()
compareTo()


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