For the following code: public class abc { public static void main(String args[]) { StringBuffer sb1 = new StringBuffer("Amit"); StringBuffer sb2 = new StringBuffer("Amit"); String ss1 = "Amit"; System.out.println(sb1==sb2); System.out.println(sb1.equals(sb2)); System.out.println(sb1.equals(ss1)); } }
The answer is false false false and I verified it. Why is it not true true and false? Please explain...
Vineet, This is a follow-up from Mahesh's message System.out.println(sb1==sb2) : false because sb1 and sb2 reference to 2 different objects. System.out.println(sb1.equals(sb2)): false System.out.println(sb1.equals(ss1)): false The 2 lines above are false because StringBuffer doesn't override the equals() methods inherited from the Object class. Calling equals() will only check if they reference the same object or not.
I am completely agree with Mahesh and son le. Because using '==' this operator, we cann't compare two different objects. In every time it would be two values of the same object. Here sb1 and sb2 are different objects. So when you will compare two objects definitely you have to convert your Objects into Strings using 'toString()' method. Here Mahesh did it. Thanks, Sayeed
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