Java String - equalsIgnoreCase() Method

The Java equalsIgnoreCase() method is used to compare the specified string against the given string. It returns true if the specified string is not null and represents a string equivalent to given string ignoring case, else returns false.

Syntax

public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String str)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns true if the specified string is not null and represents a string equivalent to given string ignoring case, else returns false.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, equalsIgnoreCase() method is used to compare the specified string against the given string.

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String str1 = "Hello";
    String str2 = "HELLO";
    String str3 = "World";

    System.out.println(str1.equalsIgnoreCase(str2)); 
    System.out.println(str1.equalsIgnoreCase(str3)); 
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

true
false