Comparing two strings for equality

[zacksoniar]

Generally i write this kind of code in my programs to compare two strings & it works fine.

string s="Hello";

if(s=="Hello")
{
   code to execute.
}

but i want to know whether in C#, it actually compares two string values or is it comparing the addresses of two strings. How am i getting correct results?


Also,it will be very nice if you guys can tell me how above code behaves in Java

[ThatThatGuy]

The code you'd written above doesn't check for equality... it just checks if the two strings refer to the same address...

you should use equals() method which checks for real equality...
this things works for all languages specially Object Oriented languages

In java you have an additional method equalsIgnoreCas e() which checks the object or string irrespective of its case

[zacksoniar]

Thanks ThatThatGuy for ur instant reply..

but then how s=="Hello" gave me right results so far..see "Hello" is just a literal created at that moment.It will be at different address.

I have deployed a project using that kind of technique & it is working fine.why is it so??

[jkmyoung]

When you say 'right' results, are you saying it returns false, or it returns true?
Could be some sort of compiler optimization.

[Christian Binder]

Have a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=VS.90%29.aspx

The ==-Operator calls the Equals()-method as far as I've understood it.

[zacksoniar]

Thanks for ur reply ChBinder ...it helped alot.

I asked my friend about how it works in JAVA.he said == only checks for addresses in JAVA.....so,C# is one step ahead... :D :D

& yes jkmyoung....rig ht results means true....when i say if(s=="Hello"), it returns true & executes the code inside of if block..

Thanks all for ur replies...