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Core Java - Interview Questions and Answers for 'Equality' - 8 question(s) found - Order By Newest

Very frequently asked. Among first few questions in almost all interviews. Among Top 5 frequently asked questions. Frequently asked in Indian service companies (HCL,TCS,Infosys,Capgemini etc based on multiple feedback ) and Epam Systems
  Q1. Difference between == and .equals() ?Core Java
Ans. "equals" is the method of object class which is supposed to be overridden to check object equality, whereas "==" operator evaluate to see if the object handlers on the left and right are pointing to the same object in memory.

x.equals(y) means the references x and y are holding objects that are equal. x==y means that the references x and y have same object.

Sample code:

String x = new String("str");
String y = new String("str");

System.out.println(x == y); // prints false
System.out.println(x.equals(y)); // prints true

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 Q2. Why is null == null returns true ?Core Java
Ans. Any reference in java that doesn't point to any object , gets assigned null i.e is a reference to null. Two object references in java are treated equal if they point to the same memory. That's Why null == null results true.

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 Q3. What will be the output ?Integer a = 10, b =10;Integer c = 10, d = 1000;System.out.println(a == b);System.out.println(c ==d);Core Java
Ans. truefalse

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 Q4. What will the following code print ?

Integer a = 100, b =100;
Integer c = 1000, d = 1000;
System.out.println(a == b);
System.out.println(c ==d);		Core Java
Ans. false
false

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 Q5. What is the difference between = and == in Java ?Core Java
Ans. = is the assignment operator that assigns the result of the expression on the right to the variable on the left, whereas

== is the operator to check object equality to see if the reference on left and right are pointing to the same object. For primitive types, its used to check if both variables holds the same value.

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 Q6. How is == operator different for objects and primitive types ? Core Java
Ans. For objects or references, == operator check if the reference on left and right points to the same object.

For primitive types or variables, == operator check if the variable on left and right holds the same value.

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 Q7. What will be the output of following code

Integer x = 1;
Integer y = 2;
System.out.println(x == y);

What if you change 1 to "1" and Integer to String?		Core Java
Ans. It will print "true" with integers as well as strings. The reason is "Integer constant pool" and "String pool"

String pool maintains pool of string literals. When a string literal is used for the first time, a new string object is created and is added to the pool. Upon it's subsequent usage , the reference for the same object is returned. Similarly java uses integer constant pool.

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 Q8. What will be the output of following code

class TestMain {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s1 = "ravi";
String s2 = new String("ravi");
Integer i = 10;
Integer a1 = new Integer("10");
System.out.println(s1 == s1);
System.out.println(i == a1);
}
}		Core Java
Ans. false
false

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 Q9. What will be the output of following ?

String str1 = new String("String1");
String str2 = new String("String1");
System.out.print(str1 == str2);
System.out.print(str1.equals(str2));
str1 = str2;
System.out.print(str1 == str2);
Core Java
a. falsetruetrue
b. truetruetrue
c. truetruefalse
d. falsetruefalse

Ans.a. falsetruetrue
 Q10. What will be the output of following code ?

String str1 = "String1";
String str2 = "String1";
System.out.print(str1 == str2);
System.out.print(str1.equals(str2));
str1 = str2;
System.out.print(str1 == str2);
Core Java
a. falsetruetrue
b. falsefalsetrue
c. truetruetrue
d. falsefalsefalse

Ans.c. truetruetrue
 Q11. Which of the following is true for == operator ?Core Java
a. For primitives, == checks if the variables on left and right have same data type
b. For primitives, == checks if the variables on left and right have same value
c. For Objects, == checks if the references on left and right have same data type
d. For Objects, == checks if the references on left and right have same value

Ans.b. For primitives, == checks if the variables on left and right have same value

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