Re: String problem

From:

Lew <lew@nowhere.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:05:34 -0400

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gk wrote:

//--------- part -1--------------
if("String".toString() == "String")
        System.out.println("Equal"); // prints
    else
        System.out.println("Not Equal");

        //--------- part -2--------------
    if(" String ".trim() == "String")
        System.out.println("Equal");
    else
        System.out.println("Not Equal"); // prints

part-1 prints because there are 2 same string literals are
compared...hence it prints 'Equal'

Now, look at part-2.
It prints 'Not Equal'

Question is WHY it prints 'Not Equal' ?

RedGrittyBrick wrote:

This is a FAQ.

Use .equals() to compare String *values*. The "==" operator tests if
they are the same *object*.

Two *different* objects may contain the same value.

in your case I imagine that the JVM decided to create a new String
object for the result of the trim() operation whereas it was trivially
able to assign the literal values to a common object.

Not only "trivially able to assign the literal values to a common object" but
required to do so (JLS 3.10.5):
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#101083

- Lew

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