Byte b1 = new Byte("127");
2:
3: if(b1.toString() == b1.toString())
4: System.out.println("True");
5: else
6: System.out.println("False");


why is this method giving false, as toString() method returns 127 and(127==127) should be true..
why is the ans coming false?????
plz help..

Use the following instead of 2 string comparisons:

if ( b1.Equals( b1 ) )

- A.Kahtava

Equals() compares the object's contents (deep comparison)
== compares the reference values (shallow comparison)

"The equals() method determines whether two strings have the same characters, whereas the == operator determines if two operands refer to the same String object. == actually tests to see if the references in the variables point to the same memory address." - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork...-ebb0917a.html

- A.Kahtava

Best Example :-

public class Str
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        String s1 = "hello";

        String s2 = "hello";

        String s3 = new String("hello");

        String s4 = new String("hello");

    System.out.println("s1==s2\t" + (s1==s2));
    System.out.println("s1==s3\t" + (s1==s3));
    System.out.println("s3==s4\t" + (s3==s4));

System.out.println("s1.equals(s2)\t" + (s1.equals(s2)));
System.out.println("s1.equals(s3)\t" + (s1.equals(s3)));
System.out.println("s3.equals(s4)\t" + (s3.equals(s4)));
    }
}