how to check if string equals in java code example

Example 1: java how to compare strings

System.out.println("hey".equals("hey")); //prints true

/*
	always use .equals() instead of ==,
    because == does the compare the string content but
    loosely where the string is stored in.
*/

Example 2: how to check to string are qual r not

String str1 = "rohith";
String str2 = "nikhil";
//compares if str1(rohith) is equal to str2(nikhil)
System.out.println(str1.equals(str2));
//prints false as str1!=str2