What happens if you use == for String?

In String, the == operator is used to comparing the reference of the given strings , depending on if they are referring to the same objects. When you compare two strings using == operator, it will return true if the string variables are pointing toward the same java object. Otherwise, it will return false .

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How do you ignore a comparison case?

The compareToIgnoreCase() method compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring lower case and upper case differences. The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in the string converted to lower case. The method returns 0 if the string is equal to the other string, ignoring case differences.

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