Equals() verifies whether the number object is equal to the object, which is passed as an argument or not.
The syntax of the equals() method is :
public boolean equals(Object o)
This method takes two parameters 1) any object, 2) return value. It returns true if the passed argument is not null and is an object of a similar type having the same numeric value.
Example :
import java.lang.Integer;
public class Test {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Integer p = 5;
Integer q = 20;
Integer r =5;
Short s = 5;
System.out.println(p.equals(q));
System.out.println(p.equals(r));
System.out.println(p.equals(s));
}
}
