Java can't find the 'equal' method [closed]

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I tried to check if a property was equal to a string but I keep getting this error

Code:

if (prop.getProperty("quit").equal("true")) {

}

Error:

cannot find symbol
  symbol:   method equal(java.lang.String)
  location: class java.lang.String

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The method name is equals not equal.