Difference between == and equals method in String comparision

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The == operator compares the reference of two String objects, while the equals() method compares their values.

The == operator checks if two String objects refer to the same memory location.
The equals() method checks if two String objects have the same sequence of characters.
Using == for String comparison can lead to unexpected results.
Example: String str1 = "hello"; String str2 = "hello"; str1 == str2 will return true because they refer to the same memory location, but str1.equals(str2) will also return true because they have the same value.
Example: String str1 = new String("hello"); String str2 = new String("hello"); str1 == str2 will return false because they refer to different memory locations, but str1.equals(str2) will return true because they have the same value.

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== is operator which compare the address of the references not the value of the string and definitely each different reference will have different address until its not same address.

.equals() is a method of Object class which compares String value and returns true if value is same else false.

Difference between == and equals method in String comparision

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