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Description

This method returns true if and only if this String represents the same sequence of characters as specified in StringBuffer.

Syntax

Here is the syntax of this method −

public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb)

Parameters

Here is the detail of parameters −

• sb − the StringBuffer to compare.

Return Value

• This method returns true if and only if this String represents the same sequence of characters as the specified in StringBuffer, otherwise false.

Example

public class Test {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String str1 = "Not immutable";
      String str2 = "Strings are immutable";
      StringBuffer str3 = new StringBuffer( "Not immutable");
      boolean  result = str1.contentEquals( str3 );
      System.out.println(result);
      result = str2.contentEquals( str3 );
      System.out.println(result);
   }
}

This will produce the following result −

Output

true
false

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