equals vs Arrays.equals in Java

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array1.equals(array2) is the same as array1 == array2, i.e. is it the same array. As @alf points out it’s not what most people expect.

Arrays.equals(array1, array2) compares the contents of the arrays.

Similarly array.toString() may not be very useful and you need to use Arrays.toString(array).

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