Thread: Compare two strings

//Example to compare two stings
boolean equalsOrNot = "This is Jamie".equals("This is jamie");
boolean equalsOrNot2 = "This is Jamie".equals("Hello World");
System.out.println(equalsOrNot2);//equalsOrNot2 Print out false

When I change it to equalsOrNot it should print true However, this is not the case.
Any Idea what I have done incorrectly?

Originally Posted by Norm

Those two strings do not look to have the same characters. There is a J in one and a j in the other.

Look at the equalsIgnoreCase method.

I see my mistake.
boolean equalsOrNot = "This is Jamie".equals("This is Jamie"); this is correct
boolean equalsOrNot = "This is Jamie".equals("This is jamie"); this is what I had, and I is false. Jamie and jamie are not the same.

Thanks

Hi,

The issue you're encountering is due to case sensitivity in string comparisons. The equals method in Java compares strings character by character, considering case.

To make the comparison case-insensitive, you can use equalsIgnoreCase:

boolean equalsOrNot = "This is Jamie".equalsIgnoreCase("This is jamie");
System.out.println(equalsOrNot); // This will print true

`equalsIgnoreCase ignores case differences, so it will return true for strings that are otherwise equal.


Jack