help me with this code pllz

[simpatico]

public class Q10{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
int i =10;
int j =10;
boolean b =false ;
if (b=i==j)
System.out.printLn("true");
else
System.out.println("false");
}
}

this code print true why i dont understand .any one plz explain to me

and this is another code

if (new String("true")==new String("true"))
System.out.println("true");
else
System.out.println("false");

why this code will print ((false))
wts the different between the first new string and the second
plz explain to me

[WingedPanther]

b=i==j compares i and j first (returns true). Now you have b=true, which assigns b the value true and evaluates to true.

The new operator returns a pointer to the string that has been created. The two new pointers are not equal, so the output is false.

The key to both is understanding the order of operations and what the operators/functions return.