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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: comparison of two string
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On 2/24/2014 5:46 AM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> Navneet Mathpal <navneetmathpal93@gmail.com> wrote:
>> why equal is not comparing it although data is same ???
>
> According to your output, some of the strings in the found array
> have an extra whitespace in front.  solution: use String.trim()

     A hint for the future: When you're printing string values
for debugging purposes, print something that will make their
endpoints visible even if there's leading or trailing space.
For example, instead of the original

	System.out.println("Best :"+best[i]);
	System.out.println("Found "+found[j]);

you could try something like

	System.out.println("Best: <" + best[i] + ">");
	System.out.println("Found <" + found[j] + ">");

so that the output

	Best: <17601089>
	Found < 17601089>

would reveal the discrepancy more clearly.

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Eric Sosman
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