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trippy wrote:
> In article <. com>,
> Daniel Pitts took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said
> "Oh Wow"...
>> trippy wrote:
>>> In article <. com>,
>>> harryajh took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh
>>> Wow"...
>>>
>>>> Which is best?
>>>>
>>>> String str = "hello";
>>>>
>>>> if("hello".equals(str))
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> if(str.equals("hello")
>>>>
>>>> does it make any difference
>>> No.
>>>
>> It does make a difference if str might be null.
>
> Not that you won't get an NPE from either of these statements but we'll
> play hypothetical coder just to look cool.

The first will not give a NPE the second will if str is null.

Arne

In article <457cbcec$0$49202$>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?
Arne_Vajh=F8j?= took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I
said "Oh Wow"...

> trippy wrote:
> > In article <. com>,
> > Daniel Pitts took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said
> > "Oh Wow"...
> >> trippy wrote:
> >>> In article <. com>,
> >>> harryajh took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh
> >>> Wow"...
> >>>
> >>>> Which is best?
> >>>>
> >>>> String str = "hello";
> >>>>
> >>>> if("hello".equals(str))
> >>>>
> >>>> or
> >>>>
> >>>> if(str.equals("hello")
> >>>>
> >>>> does it make any difference
> >>> No.
> >>>
> >> It does make a difference if str might be null.
> >
> > Not that you won't get an NPE from either of these statements but we'll
> > play hypothetical coder just to look cool.
>
> The first will not give a NPE the second will if str is null.

Because it'll just compare "hello" to null. (in the first one)

Makes sense.

--
trippy
mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30
sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM

NP: "Heart And Soul" -- T'Pau

"Now, technology's getting better all the time and that's fine,
but most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocketknife,
and a smile."

-- Robert Redford "Spy Game"

trippy wrote:

> Not that you won't get an NPE from either of these statements but we'll
> play hypothetical coder just to look cool.
>
> if ("hello".equals(str)) --> "hello" != null so it'll be false.
> if (str.equals("hello"))--> null != "hello" so it'll be false.

The first will return false; the second will blow up with an NPE. They are
/not/ equivalent (as this thread has already discussed at some length).

-- chris

In article <457da818$0$628$>, Chris Uppal took
the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...

> trippy wrote:
>
> > Not that you won't get an NPE from either of these statements but we'll
> > play hypothetical coder just to look cool.
> >
> > if ("hello".equals(str)) --> "hello" != null so it'll be false.
> > if (str.equals("hello"))--> null != "hello" so it'll be false.
>
> The first will return false; the second will blow up with an NPE.

Right. My bad. And thanks again to Arne for pointing that out too.

> They are
> /not/ equivalent (as this thread has already discussed at some length).

Yeah Trippy, you goofball. Gahd.

>
> -- chris

--
trippy
mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30
sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM

NP: "The American Way" -- Sacred Reich

"Now, technology's getting better all the time and that's fine,
but most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocketknife,
and a smile."

-- Robert Redford "Spy Game"