difference between == and equals

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The '==' operator compares the reference of objects, while the 'equals' method compares the content of objects.

The '==' operator checks if two objects refer to the same memory location.
The 'equals' method compares the content of objects based on their implementation.
The 'equals' method can be overridden to provide custom comparison logic.
Example: String str1 = new String('hello'); String str2 = new String('hello'); str1 == str2 will be false, but str1.equals(str2) will be true.

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One is used for integer comparison and other for String comparison

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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.

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= This will assign the RHS value to the LHS

== This will compare the value ( if we compare var a = "10" and var b = 10 it will return true because both the values are 10 )

=== This will compare the data types & value ( if we compare var a = "10" and var b = 10 it will return false because " var a " is string while " var b " is number )

difference between == and equals

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