Tricky string Java question #softwareengineer #computerscience #java

[balajisrinivasan]

Actual explanation is
The literal string value is stored in "string constant pool" inside the heap, but the string value which is created using new keyword is stored in heap but outside of string constant pool so it is considered as object which should have seperate reference name

[gtALIEN]

you shouldve noted that this is the case for all objects, only use == for primitive types (int, boolean, double, etc), everything else should be compared with .equals

[pchan]

I guessed correctly that the "new" keyword would allocate the string literal to a different pointer in memory on the heap, but the == operator being a reference and not a value comparison is genuinely weird.

[sujithg]

After you called inter method it should be true

[khoilucas]

That is somehow confusing to me when it comes to reference. Can anyone explain to me "is" keyword and "==" keyword? In my mind, I thought "==" check the the value while "is" check the references. Python language. Oh if it is java, maybe "==" will point out the references.

[PaulSebastianManole]

Nope. First one is stack allocated. The type doesn't matter. The second is heap allocated. The new keyword should be a dead giveaway. So yes it's comparing refs because they are allocated differently.