What will this code print ? String a = new String ("TEST"); String b = new String ("TEST"); if(a == b) { System.out.println ("TRUE"); } else { System.out.println ("FALSE"); }

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Q1. What will this code print ?

String a = new String ("TEST");
String b = new String ("TEST");
if(a == b) {
System.out.println ("TRUE");
} else {
System.out.println ("FALSE");
}

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Ans. FALSE. == operator compares object references, a and b are references to two different objects, hence the FALSE. .equals method is used to compare string object content.

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