Thread: Arrays.equals not returning correct answer.

Hi,

I am having some problems with Arrays.equals. I can't get it to return true and I can't see the problem.

    public void testing()
    {
    boolean check = Arrays.equals(test, test2);
    if (check == false)
    {
        System.out.println("Word is not a palindrome!");
         for ( int i=0; i < test.length; i++){
            System.out.println(test[i] + "       " + test2[i]);
        }
    }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("Word is a palindrome!");
                    for ( int i=0; i < test.length; i++){
            System.out.println(test[i] + "       " + test2[i]);
        }
        System.out.println("Isn't this an exciting game!");
    }
 
}

test is a word input by the user, test2 is test copied to test2 and reversed. If I print the arrays they seem to be the same. If i change it to compare test to test or test2 to test2 it tells me they are the same so I guess I am just missing something. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

I suspect the problem may be that you have capital and lower-case letters? Java is case sensitive.