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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Refresher

Posted by Japjot Singh
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Japjot Singh
iOS Development Techdegree Student 573 Points

How would you answer this? would you use .equals?

trying to figure out what to fill in the blank

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

The one I think you are struggling with would be the .contains() method

1 Answer

Rohan Ubhare
Rohan Ubhare
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Rohan Ubhare
Rohan Ubhare
6,077 Points

You need to fill contains() in the blank.

.equals() checks whether a string is exactly equal to another whereas .contains() checks whether a word or even part of it is present in the string.

Eg. for .contains()

String someWords = "I like grapes, mangoes and cherries";

Now to check whether above string contains a particular word say, 'mangoes' You will use .contains() like this:

someWords.contains("mangoes");

Eg. for .equals()

String favFruit = "mango";

Now if you want to check if the string contains exactly the word(s) you want then you use .equals()

favFruit.equals("mango");

Both .contains() and .equals() return a boolean value.