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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
// 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
// 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)

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