# Boxing of number giving true for number less than 128

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/boxing-of-number-giving-true-for-number-less-than-128/15927>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/boxing-of-number-giving-true-for-number-less-than-128/15927 "2020-01-16T19:36:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/boxing-of-number-giving-true-for-number-less-than-128/15927/6 "2020-08-01T06:54:54Z")

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Boxing an Int in an object does not mean that a new object is used each time. Indeed, on the jvm all integer literals up to 128 use the same object when boxed. A practice known as interning.

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