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Character.equals() method in Java with examples

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The java.lang.Character.equals() is a function in Java which compares this object against the specified object. If the argument is not null then the result is true and is a Character object that represents the same char value as this object.

Syntax:

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Parameters: The function accepts a single parameter obj which specifies the object to be compared with.

Return Value: The function returns a boolean value. It returns true if the objects are same, otherwise, it returns false.

Below programs illustrates the above method:

Program 1:




// Java program to demonstrate the function
// Character.equals() when two objects are same
import java.lang.*;
  
public class gfg {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // assign values to c1, c2
        Character c1 = new Character('Z');
        Character c2 = new Character('Z');
  
        // assign the result of equals method on c1, c2 to res
        boolean res = c1.equals(c2);
  
        // print res value
        System.out.println(c1 + " and " + c2 + " are equal is " + res);
    }
}


Output:

Z and Z are equal is true

Program 2:




// Java program to demonstrate function
// when two objects are different
  
import java.lang.*;
  
public class gfg {
  
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // assign values to c1, c2
        Character c1 = new Character('a');
        Character c2 = new Character('A');
  
        // assign the result of equals
        // method on c1, c2 to res
        boolean res = c1.equals(c2);
  
        // prints the res value
        System.out.println(c1 + " and " + c2 + " are equal is " + res);
    }
}


Output:

a and A are equal is false

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#equals(java.lang.Object)



Last Updated : 06 Dec, 2018
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