if condition for String

Question

I wanna ask you , do you have a solution for this question (if statement) or where is the error ?

String z = input.nextLine() ;  //i want from the user value of z  .
if (z ==( "Y" || "y" )) 
{  
    statement ... 
}     
else if (z==("N" || "n" ))    
{  
    statement ... 
}

How to write a condition for if when the condition of String in Java ?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 20:09

2

you can say

if(z.equalsIgnoreCase("y")){
    //code...
}

answered Nov 11 '13 at 20:09

Jeeter

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 20:10

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You are probably looking for equalsIgnoreCase. You can use it like

if (z.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")){//do your job

answered Nov 11 '13 at 20:10

Pshemo

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 20:10

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use equals().

== does reference equality which you don't want.

So use equals() as you want to check the content equality.

answered Nov 11 '13 at 20:10

Trying

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if condition for String

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