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If I want to compare the value of two objects, do I use equal or == in Java?
Got it. Is it better practice to use == or equals()?
It depends on what you want to do. If you want to compare object references to see if they're the same object in memory, use ==. If you want to compare the value of two objects, use equals(). However, some classes may have their own implementation of equals() that may not compare the values of the objects in the way that you expect.