To answer this question, let's go through each line of code:
String s1 = "Amit";
- This line creates a string variable s1
and assigns it the value "Amit".
String s2 = "Amit";
- This line creates another string variable s2
and assigns it the value "Amit". Since string literals are interned in Java, both s1
and s2
refer to the same object in memory.
String s3 = new String("abcd");
- This line creates a new string object s3
using the new
keyword. This will create a new object in memory with the value "abcd".
String s4 = new String("abcd");
- This line creates another new string object s4
using the new
keyword. This will also create a new object in memory with the value "abcd".
System.out.println(s1.equals(s2));
- This line compares the values of s1
and s2
using the equals()
method. Since both s1
and s2
have the same value ("Amit"), the equals()
method will return true.
System.out.println((s1==s2));
- This line compares the references of s1
and s2
using the ==
operator. Since both s1
and s2
refer to the same object in memory, the ==
operator will return true.
System.out.println(s3.equals(s4));
- This line compares the values of s3
and s4
using the equals()
method. Since both s3
and s4
have the same value ("abcd"), the equals()
method will return true.
System.out.println((s3==s4));
- This line compares the references of s3
and s4
using the ==
operator. Since s3
and s4
are separate objects created using the new
keyword, they refer to different objects in memory. Therefore, the ==
operator will return false.
Based on the above explanations, the correct answer is A) True true true false.