Comparing two integer arrays in Java

Question

I am trying to write code to compare two arrays. In the first array I have put my own digits, but the second the array takes numbers from the input file. The size of this array is determined by the first number in the file while the first array is always of size 10. The length must be the same for both arrays as well as the numbers.

My code is below:

public static void compareArrays(int[] array1, int[] array2) {
    boolean b = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < array2.length; i++) {

        for (int a = 0; a < array1.length; a++) {

            if (array2[i] == array1[a]) {
                b = true;
                System.out.println("true");
            } else {
                b = false;
                System.out.println("False");
                break;
            }
        }
    }       
}

Answer 1

From what I see you just try to see if they are equal, if this is true, just go with something like this:

boolean areEqual = Arrays.equals(arr1, arr2);

This is the standard way of doing it.

Please note that the arrays must be also sorted to be considered equal, from the JavaDoc:

Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order.

Sorry for missing that.