PRUDENTIAL EQUITY FUND, 497J, 1997-03-11

PRUDENTIAL EQUITY FUND
497J, 1997-03-11

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                                  March 11, 1997


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

       Re:    Prudential Equity Fund, Inc.
              (File Nos. 2-75128 and 811-3326)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

       Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus that 
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) would not have differed from 
the Prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 and (ii) that the 
text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 was filed electronically on 
March 4, 1997.

                                  Prudential Equity Fund, Inc.

                                  By:  /s/ Marguerite E.H. Morrison
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                                     Marguerite E.H. Morrison
                                     Assistant Secretary