String Problem

Hi..all
I am compiling and executing a simple String program on JDK 1.5
my code is....

public class StringTest { public static void main(String[] args){ String str1="HELLO"; String str2="HELLO"; System.out.println("str1.equals(str2):"+str1.equals(str2)); System.out.println("str1==str2 :"+str1==str2); } }

its out put is :
str1.equals(str2):true
false

but I am expecting

str1.equals(str2):true
str1==str2 :false

why does str1==str2 : is disappeared in outout


help me out please.

Thanks

The reason is that + has higher precedence than ==, so the String concatenation is performed first, and then the resulting String is compared with == to str2.

Also I would expect that when you fix the String concatenation problem, you won't get a false in the second statement.
[ August 13, 2006: Message edited by: Keith Lynn ]

oh!!! Keith great
thanks for your valuabe suggesion

I solve it by using
System.out.println("str1==str2 :"+(str1==str2));
now it show ing perfect.....

Exactly the same problem is described here:
http://jqa.tmorris.net/GetQAndA.action?qids=9