simple java boolean. Why does this return false?

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public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(endOther("Hiabc","abc"));

}

public static boolean endOther(String a , String b) {

    System.out.println(a.substring(a.length() - b.length()));
    return a.substring(a.length() - b.length()) == b;
}
}

basically it prints "abc" but then returns false and I don't know why

More fun reading about Java `String` handling: ["What is the Java string pool and how is "s" different from new String("s")?"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2486191/what-is-the-java-string-pool-and-how-is-s-different-from-new-strings) — azurefrog, Mar 11 '19 at 17:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '19 at 17:49

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In Java dont use == to compare string, use equals()

answered Mar 11 '19 at 17:49

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simple java boolean. Why does this return false?

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