rendered paste bodypublic class A { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("string" == "string"); String a, b; a = "string"; b = "string"; System.out.println(a == b); a = "str" + "ing"; b = "s" + "tring"; System.out.println(a == b); String aa, bb; aa = ""; bb = ""; int i, j; j = 0; for (i=0; i<6; i++) { if (j == 0) { aa = aa + a.charAt(i); bb = bb + b.charAt(i); } else { aa = aa + b.charAt(i); bb = bb + a.charAt(i); } j = 1-j; } System.out.println(aa + " == " + b + " => " + (aa == bb)); }}