How to test for equality for two ints in Java?

Asked Apr 21 '15 at 00:29

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I have only seen questions where Integer objects were involved in the discussion:

and was wondering what the procedure should be for the primitive int.

int a = 250;
int b = 250;

System.out.println(a == b); // doesn't work for larger ints 127<
System.out.println(a.equals(b)); // doesn't work for primitive ints

What should one do in this case? Should one instead use the Object wrapper for int?

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You compare `int` values using `==`. – Paul Boddington Apr 21 '15 at 00:43
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your comment `// doesn't work for larger ints 127<` is incorrect, you're confusing that with behavior of the `Integer` Object. – Daniel Nugent Apr 21 '15 at 00:44

How to test for equality for two ints in Java?

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