Example on how to use assertions in Java

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README.md

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+# Assertions
+
+Example on how to use assertions in Java
+
+## Compile
+
+`javac Assertions.java`
+
+## Run
+
+Assertions need to be enabled with `-ea` or `-enableassertions`
+
+`java -ea Assertions`
+
+or
+
+`java -enableassertions Assertions`

src/Assertions.java

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+public class Assertions
+{
+	public static void main(String[] args)
+	{
+		int a = 25;
+		int b = 5 * 5;
+
+		assert a == b : "'a' and 'b' are not the same.";
+
+		String abc = "abc";
+		String def = "def";
+
+		assert abc.equals(def) : "'abc' and 'def' are not the same.";
+	}
+}