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Description
The equals () method - Java numeric object invokes the methods equalent to the object that is passed as an argument.
Syntax
public boolean equals(Object o)
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Options
Detailed information about the parameters:
- o - any object..
Return value
- • In Java, equals () returns true if the argument does not have a null value, is an object of the same type and with the related numeric value.
- There are some additional requirements, described in the Java API documentation, for double and float objects.
Sample Code
public class Test{
public static void main(String args[]){
Integer x = 10;
Integer y = 10;
Integer z =5;
Short a = 5;
System.out.println(x.equals(y));
System.out.println(x.equals(z));
System.out.println(x.equals(a));
}
}
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Output
true
false
false