Java Data Type Tutorial - Java Enum.equals(Object other)

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Syntax

Enum.equals(Object other) has the following syntax.

public final boolean equals(Object other)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Enum.equals(Object other) method.

/*from ww  w.java2s . c  om*/
enum Tutorial {  
   HTML, CSS, Java;
}
public class Main { 

   public static void main(String args[]) {
     Tutorial t1 = Tutorial.HTML; 
     Tutorial t2 = Tutorial.CSS; 
     Tutorial t3 = Tutorial.Java; 
    
     if(t1.equals(t2)) {
        System.out.println(t1 + " is equal to " + t2); 
     }
    
     else if(t2.equals(t3)) {
        System.out.println(t2 + " is equal to " + t3); 
     }
    
     else if(t1.equals(t3)) { 
        System.out.println(t1 + " is equal to " + t3); 
     }
    
     else {
        System.out.println("all 3 topics are different"); 
     }
   } 
}

The code above generates the following result.

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