/**
* Equality checking for Strings
* * For almost all class instances, in almost every situation use
* .equals method rather than ==
* 
* ggtowell
* Nov 2023
*/

public class Equality {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String s = new String("this");
        String t = new String("that");
        
        // tw different strings are neither == nor equals
        System.out.println("s == t " +  (s == t));
        System.out.println("s.equals(t) " + s.equals(t));
        
        // these are both equal and ==.  Ss and s are pointing at the same thing
        String ss = s;
        System.out.println("s==ss " + (s == ss));
        System.out.println("s.equals(ss) " + s.equals(ss));
        
        // this is only equals
        ss = new String("this");
        System.out.println("s==ss " + (s == ss));
        System.out.println("s.equals(ss) " + s.equals(ss));
    }
}