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Java string comparison?
Good evening. The following code gives no error, but when I try to validate the String entered it always assume that I haven't entered "YES" even when though I did use the toUpperCase() method. This must be a very basic error, but I'm unable to figure it out right now since I'm just learning the basics of this language. Here's the code:
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
public class Main{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
byte counter = 1;
boolean myCondition = false;
String answer;
List<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>();
BufferedReader objReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
do{
System.out.println("Enter the #" +counter +" person's name:");
myList.add(objReader.readLine());
counter++;
System.out.println("Would you like to add another name to the list? yes/no");
answer = objReader.readLine();
if (answer.toUpperCase() == "YES"){
myCondition = true;
}
} while (myCondition);
System.out.println("The list of names you entered, looks like this:\n");
for (String name: myList)
System.out.println(name);
System.out.println("\nPress <Enter> to randomize the list of names you entered.");
objReader.readLine();
Collections.shuffle(myList);
System.out.println("Done! \nPress <Enter> to see how the randomized list looks like.\n");
objReader.readLine();
for(String nombre: myList)
System.out.println(nombre);
}
}
Thanks in advance for any help and/or tips.
