boolean comparision

[Ramakrishna Konanki]

Boolean b1 = new Boolean(“yes”);
Boolean b2 = new Boolean("no");
System.out.println(b1.equals(b2));

i'm geting result : true...

tha value in b1 is yes and b2 is no...

how it is possible to get true....

could you state the reason please...

[Christophe Verré]

The answer is in the API of the Boolean class. Check it.

[Christophe Verré]

"Ramakrishna", you've been warned several times about our naming policy. Don't ignore the warnings, and change your name as explained in the Naming Policy.

[Sudhakar Sharma]

Hi Ram,

If you construct a Boolean object other then with the "true" string, it evaluate it as false

   
Boolean b1 = new Boolean("yes");
Boolean b2 = new Boolean("no");
 

Both evaluates false, and due to overriding equals() method it checks meaningfully equals which returns true.

welcome,

[Ramakrishna Konanki]

thanq

Sudhakar Sharma wrote:Hi Ram,

If you construct a Boolean object other then with the "true" string, it evaluate it as false

   
Boolean b1 = new Boolean("yes");
Boolean b2 = new Boolean("no");
 

Both evaluates false, and due to overriding equals() method it checks meaningfully equals which returns true.

welcome,

[Campbell Ritchie]

Read this, Sudhakar Sharma, which appears on the Beginning Java title page.

We're all here to learn, so when responding to others, please focus on helping them discover their own solutions, instead of simply providing answers.

By giving a straight answer, you have deprived Ramakrishna Konanki of the chance to learn for himself. Christophe's suggestion was far better; he would have remembered the answer longer, and learned about the API documentation, if he had looked it up for himself. It would only have taken a few seconds to find the answer from the API.

[Sudhakar Sharma]

Thanks for reminding me the policy of the forum, next time I will care of this.