Java uses == and equals() to determine whether strings are equal

equals() method:

The equals() method is used to compare a string with the specified object. The equals() method is overridden in the String class to compare whether the contents of two strings are equal.

grammar:

//object:与字符串进行比较的对象
public boolean equals(Object anObject)

return value:

Returns true if the given object is equal to the string; false otherwise.

public class Test {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        String Str1 = new String("runoob");
        String Str2 = Str1;
        String Str3 = new String("runoob");
        boolean retVal;

        retVal = Str1.equals( Str2 );
        System.out.println("返回值 = " + retVal );

        retVal = Str1.equals( Str3 );
        System.out.println("返回值 = " + retVal );
    }
}

//输出
返回值 = true
返回值 = true

Use == and equals() to compare strings:

In String, == compares whether the reference address is the same, and equals() compares whether the content of the string is the same:

String s1 = "Hello";              // String 直接创建
String s2 = "Hello";              // String 直接创建
String s3 = s1;                   // 相同引用
String s4 = new String("Hello");  // String 对象创建
String s5 = new String("Hello");  // String 对象创建
 
s1 == s1;         // true, 相同引用
s1 == s2;         // true, s1 和 s2 都在公共池中，引用相同
s1 == s3;         // true, s3 与 s1 引用相同
s1 == s4;         // false, 不同引用地址
s4 == s5;         // false, 堆中不同引用地址
 
s1.equals(s3);    // true, 相同内容
s1.equals(s4);    // true, 相同内容
s4.equals(s5);    // true, 相同内容