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String

!= operator

Description

Compares two strings for difference. The comparison is case-sensitive, meaning the String "hello" is not equal to the String "HELLO". Functionally the same as string.equals()

Syntax

string1 != string2

Parameters

string1, string2: variables of type String

Returns

true: if string1 is different from string2
false: otherwise

Example

• StringComparisonOperators

See also

• equals()
• equalsIgnoreCase()
• compareTo()

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