Latest Java Aptitude Question SOLUTION: Which is the correct option for comparing the contents of 2 String objects? [1] == operator [2] equals() method [3] Both

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(#M40155917) JAVA Programming question The Difference between == operator and equals() method? Keep an EYE

Which is the correct option for comparing the contents of 2 String objects?
[1] == operator
[2] equals() method
[3] Both

Asked In Java Rishikesh Agrawani (9 years ago)

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pratibha patel  (9 years ago)

equal() method

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Priyanka goyal  (9 years ago)

[1]== operator
because equals() method is used for reference comparison and == operator is used for content comparison.

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Nikita Upadhyay  (9 years ago)

by using equals method, because this method is available inside the object class

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shriya rungta  (9 years ago)

equals()method is the correct option.

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Mohit Sharma  (9 years ago)

option [2] is correct. In option [1],== operator compares only reference of the objects but option [2] compares the contents of the String objects.

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Aayush Verma  (8 years ago)

equals() method

Both == and equals() method is compares the object on the basis of reference, but the equals() method is overridden in all the wrapper classes and String class.
Inside these wrapper class and String class equals() method contains the logic to compare the objects on the basis of state.
So here equals() method will be useful.

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shabreen  (9 years ago)

equals() method

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souradeep mondal  (9 years ago)

both ==operator and equal method

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Karan  (8 years ago)

String.equals() method is preferred because == checks for reference type equality

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mounika  (8 years ago)

== operator is correct ans, because '==' is a comparision operator, it will check if the provided two operand values are same or not.( means content comparision)
equals() was defined in java.lang.object class, it was implemented in such a way that to provide comparision between two objects reference values, not to provide comparision between two objects contents.

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Vivek Yadav  (8 years ago)

equals() method

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Rushikesh Dnyaneshwar Bulbule  (7 years ago)

The correct answer is equals() method
In java string considered as a object not a type
Originally equals method is a method of object class which is overriden by String class in java
Basically == used for refrential equality where as equals() method used for a content equality

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muraboina ravi  (9 years ago)

equals() method

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Ayush agrawal  (9 years ago)

equals() method

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Kirti Agarwal  (8 years ago)

using equals() method

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phulari puja sanjay  (8 years ago)

equals() method is used for content comparison. and == operator is used for reference comparison.

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sai prasanna  (8 years ago)

equals operator is for comparing 2 string objects

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Madhumita  (8 years ago)

Both..equal() and == can be used.

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Deepankar  (8 years ago)

equals() method is used to comapre the content and == operator is used for comparin the refrence of object.

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Debaranjan Behera  (8 years ago)

equals()method

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k swetha  (8 years ago)

2 equal method

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susmitha  (8 years ago)

first one is correct because == operator is used for compare the two values

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Suneetha Reddi  (7 years ago)

equals(). where as == operator is used to compare references but equals() is used to compare contents of two strings.

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sobhan  (7 years ago)

Arthemetic or logical operators cannot be used in strings

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RAHUL PTHAK  (7 years ago)

2) .equals()methood because this method is meant for content comparion in java. this method is overriden in string class and meant for content comparion

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Dilip  (7 years ago)

.equals() used for content(values) comparison which retuens boolean value
== is used for reference (address) comparison

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jagdish singh solanki  (7 years ago)

[2] equals() method

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amitha r  (7 years ago)

== operator

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Shreya  (7 years ago)

equals() method is correct answer because it compares the original content of string.

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Rishika Raghuvanshi  (6 years ago)

equals() method

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lovely  (6 years ago)

both would be the final answer..

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GOPIREDDY ADAPA  (5 years ago)

== operator is best comparing two strings

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kumaraguru  (5 years ago)

3)both on
because equal() is method and == operator to compare an value

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VIKASH  (4 years ago)

option 2 --> equal() method

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