Java String equalsIgnoreCase Example

String class equalsIgnoreCase method example

String class equalsIgnoreCase method example:- This method demonstrates the working of equalsIgnoreCase method. this method returns a boolean value after examining the two String. this method's examines without considering case senstivity

Syntax:-equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString)

Here is the code:-

/**
* @(#) EqualsIgnoreCaseString.java
* EqualsIgnoreCaseString class demonstrates the working of equalsIgnoreCase() method of String class of lang package
* @version 15-May-2008
* @author Rose India Team
*/


public class EqualsIgnoreCaseString {
public static void main(String args[]) {

  String str = "koi mil gaya", str1 = "Koi mil gaya", str2 = "";
  boolean result = str.equalsIgnoreCase(str1);
  // Method compares two String leaving case Senstivity behind
  //Strings str and str1 are equal therefore method here returns true
  System.out.println("method returns true: " + result);

  String str3 = new String("12234");

  result = str.equalsIgnoreCase(str3);
  //Strings str and str3 are not equal
  System.out.println("false is returned: " + result);
}
}

Output of the program:-

method returns true: true false is returned: false