Wats the O/P...

[Shiaber Shaam]

{
String s = new String( "Computer" );
if( s == "Computer" )
System.out.println( "Equal A" );
if( s.equals( "Computer" ) )
System.out.println( "Equal B" );
if( "Computer" == s )
System.out.println( "Equal A" );
}
//Explanation Needed....
//Especially for II and III If and their differences.....

[Pavel Kubal]

It prints equal B. In the first and third case you're comparing references. Third if is only switched first if. The second if is comparing objects if they are meaningfuly equivalent.

[Shiaber Shaam]

thanks man.. can u make it more clear...

[wise owen]

This thread.

[Barry Gaunt]

"Shiaber",
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[ June 19, 2006: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]

[Shiaber Shaam]

Can anyone explain this plz......................

[krish bajaj]

hey shiaber
i am also confused with (==)and equals in strings .if u will get the answer
please help me out

[wise owen]

The equals() method compares the characters that make up String objects. It performs this comparison by putting the characters of the String objects into two char arrays and comparing the two arrays. The method returns true if all the elements of the char arrays match and false otherwise.

The == operator compares two object references to see whether they refer to the same instance.

[krish bajaj]

ok wise i understand the concept of equals but please (==) make it more clear like

string atr1="hello"
string atr2="hello"
string atr3="himani";
atr1==atr2;
atr2==atr3;
atr1.equals(atr2)//true
tell me how == works

thanks for equals

[S Thiyanesh]

Any of the String object created with new String() will return true with == only when the two references point to the same object.
But any String created with the assignment operator String str = "Hello";
will return true with any other String with the same value in similar style.
This works accross the class,package also.

[wise owen]

String atr1=new String("hello"); //Create a String Object on heap
String atr2=new String("hello"); //Create a String Object on heap
String atr3=atr1; //Assign atr3 refers the same String Object as atr1

System.out.println(atr1 == atr2); // false.
System.out.println(atr1 == art3); // true

[krish bajaj]

thanks wise
now my concept is clear
thank you very much

[Vladimir Scheglov]

{
String s = "Computer"; //in String pool
if( s == "Computer" ) // compare same object
System.out.println( "Equal A" );
if( s.equals( "Computer" ) ) // compare same object
System.out.println( "Equal B" );
if( "Computer" == s ) // compare same object
System.out.println( "Equal A" );
}

It prints:
Equal A
Equal B
Equal C

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[Mark Spritzler]

"Shiaber"

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