How do I compare strings in java?

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I've been using the == operator in my program to compare all my strings so far. However, I ran into a bug, changed one of them into .equals() instead, and it fixed the bug.

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Is == bad? When should it and should it not be used? What's the difference?

Posted 11-Feb-21 2:15am

Harry Lewis

Updated 23-Feb-21 2:49am

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CoderzF1 13-Feb-21 9:40am

A lot of source code that I have looked at recently uses the .equals for string comparison, So apparently this is the widely accepted approach.

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2021-02-14T07:23:00

Solution 2

Start here: Compare two Strings in Java - GeeksforGeeks[^]

Posted 14-Feb-21 7:23am

Maciej Los

Hamster83 · Answer 2 · 2021-02-23T02:49:00

Solution 3

The == operator compares references not values
The String equals() method compares the original content of the string

Posted 23-Feb-21 2:49am

Hamster83

Updated 23-Feb-21 2:50am

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