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String s = "abcd";
String s2 = "abcd";
if(s == s2) {
System.out.println("equal"); }
else {
System.out.println("Not equal"); }
OUTPUT:
equal
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NoobKnight
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String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 08:22 AM
Why does this work? I was expecting it not to equal, but it does.
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OUTPUT:
equal
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OUTPUT:
equal
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Re: String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 08:28 AM
Strings literals are kept in the static string pool in Java, so that whenever you use a string literal that is already contained in the pool it is being reused instead of wasting the memory creating a new one. That is what's happening in your program - "abcd" is already contained in the string pool, so s2 assigned the same address as s.
You can force the creation of strings like this - String s2 = new String("abcd");, now the "==" won't work.
You can force the creation of strings like this - String s2 = new String("abcd");, now the "==" won't work.
This post has been edited by Neumann: 10 September 2009 - 08:32 AM
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Re: String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:36 AM
As with all objects, the == operator only determines if the addresses are the same. Use the .equals() method to compare Strings like so:
if(string1.equals(string2))
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Re: String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:47 AM
Or, you can use this method to compare two strings too.
Hope that helps!
s1.compareTo(s2);
Hope that helps!
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Re: String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:16 AM
The reason why you don't use == is not because it comes up false when they are the same, its because it can be inconsistent with caching and efficiency adjustments you can't know whether or not its going to come up true or false at any one time.
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Re: String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 11:05 AM
Wow, gotta love how everybody here completely missed the whole point of this thread.
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Re: String with the ==
Posted 10 September 2009 - 11:10 AM
Neumann, on 10 Sep, 2009 - 01:05 PM, said:
Wow, gotta love how everybody here completely missed the whole point of this thread.
lol!
Thanks for the answer Neumann!
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