Comparing Two Strings

 import java.util.*;

public class CheckEqualityOfStrings {

public static void main(String[] args)

{

String columnist1 = "Stephen Edwin King";

String columnist2 = "Walter Winchell";

String columnist3 = "Mike Royko";

// Are any of the above Strings equal to one another?

boolean equals1 = columnist1.equals(columnist2);

boolean equals2 = columnist1.equals(columnist3);

// Display the results of the equality checks.

System.out.println("\"" + columnist1 + "\" equals \"" +

columnist2 + "\"? " + equals1);

System.out.println("\"" + columnist1 + "\" equals \"" +

columnist3 + "\"? " + equals2);

}

}