Java String equalsIgnoreCase() method

equalsIgnoreCase() method compares two Strings based on the their content but ignore the case.

Syntax

public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(Objects anObject)

Parameter

anObject: Object to be compared with the current String without case consideration.

Returns

It returns true when the current String is equivalent to the given String without case consideration Otherwise, it returns false

Java String equalsIgnoreCase() Example1:

public class EqualsIgnoreCaseEx1
{ 
   public static void main(String args[])
  { 
   String str1,str2,str3;
   str1="welcome to java tutorial";
   str2="WELCOME TO JAVA TUTORIAL";
   System.out.println(str2.equalsIgnoreCase(str1));
   str3=str2.toLowerCase();
   System.out.println(str3.equals(str1));   
 }
}

Output:

true
true

Java String equalsIgnoreCase() Example2:

     public class EqualsIgnoreCase2
    { 
        public static void main(String[] args)
        { 
            String str = "tutorialandexample";    
            if(str.equalsIgnoreCase("TUTORIALANDEXAMPLE"))//returns true
            { 
                String str2=str.concat(".com");
                System.out.println(str2);
            }else
               System.out.println("something else");         
         System.out.println(str.equals("TUTORIALANDEXAMPLE"));//returns false
       } 
  }

Output:

tutorialandexample.com
false