Equals Method in JAVA

Description:

This method compares this string to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a String object that represents the same sequence of characters as this object.

Syntax:

Here is the syntax of this method:

public boolean equals(object anObject)

Examples:

class eql

{

    public static void main(String args[])

{

    String x="NIIT";

    String y="NIIT";

    if(x.equals(y))

{

    System.out.println("Equals");

}

   else

{

System.out.println("Not Equal");

}

}

}

Sample Output :    Equals