How is it possible for two String objects with identical values not to be equalunder the == operator

The == operator compares two objects to determine if they are the same object inmemory. It is possible for two String objects to have the same value, but locatedindifferent areas of memory.

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suraj20p
Profile Answers by suraj20p

Oct 28th, 2011

create 2 string like this

String s1=new String("Hello");
String s2=new String("Hello");
System.out.println(s1==s2);

2 independent strings,therefore 2 different memories,therefore == evaluates to false

Gagan goyal
Profile Answers by Gagan goyal

Nov 12th, 2011

because == operator only does the shallow comparison .means it compare for the two reference is referring to the same object or not.and when we create the object using new keyword it will always be the new object .

if u do like below

String s1="Hello";
String s2="Hello";
the
if(s1==s2)
returns true.