You should not use == (equality operator) to compare these strings because they compare the reference of the string, i.e. whether they are the same object or not. On the other hand, equals() method compares whether the value of the strings is equal, and not the object itself.
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Two strings are said to be equal if they have same value at character level. Using C++, we can check if two strings are equal. To check if two strings are equal, you can use Equal To == comparison operator, or compare() function of string class .
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