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, equals() compares the values of the Strings.

In your case you are allocating two String objects both with value "hello", then comparing them with ==. The compiler may decide to optimise and use the same object reference, giving a true result like the one you got. However this is not guaranteed behaviour - it is much safer to use equals() for value comparison.