equals() Versus ==

equals() Versus ==

We should be clear that equals() method and == operator perform two different operations.The equals() method compares the character inside a string whereas == operator compares two object reference to see whether they refer to the same instances.Here is a small program to demonstrate the difference between equals()method vs == operator:


package stringdemo;


public class Equal {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String s1="john";
        String s2=new String(s1);
       
        System.out.println(s1.equals(s2));
        System.out.println(s1==s2);
    }
}

The above program gives the following output:

true

false