Java - String contentEquals() Method


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Description:

This method returns true if and only if this String represents the same sequence of characters as the specified in StringBuffer.

Syntax:

Here is the syntax of this method:

public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb)

Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

  • sb -- the StringBuffer to compare.

Return Value:

  • This method returns true if and only if this String represents the same sequence of characters as the specified in StringBuffer, otherwise false.

Example:

public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String str1 = "Not immutable";
      String str2 = "Strings are immutable";
      StringBuffer str3 = new StringBuffer( "Not immutable");

      boolean  result = str1.contentEquals( str3 );
      System.out.println(result);
	  
      result = str2.contentEquals( str3 );
      System.out.println(result);
   }
}

This produces the following result:

true
false

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