String comparison with logical operator in Java

Question

When comparing two strings, I was taught that we shouldn\'t use the logical operator (==). We should use String.equals(String) for the comparison. However, I see that the fo

Answer 1

== compares the object references

You can understand it by observing the output in the following code:

public class StringComp{
    public static void main(String args[]){
        String s = new String("hello");
        if(s=="hello"){
                System.out.println("Hello Friend");
        }else{
                System.out.println("No Hello");
        }
    }
}

This program would print No hello

Because in this code, the variable s refers to new String Object which in turn refers to String literal "hello" from the String pool.