Why won't this print the if?

Asked Sep 17 '14 at 15:08

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I'm trying to make a text based game but my If statement won't print. Whats wrong?

   System.out.print("What path do you choose?: ");
   String pathChoice= kb.nextLine();
   System.out.println(" ");
   System.out.println(" ");
   System.out.println(" ");
   if (pathChoice==("North") || pathChoice==("north")){
       System.out.println("You begin walking north and encounter an ogre of significant size.");
       System.out.println("You draw your crude sword. How will you attack? ");

asked Sep 17 '14 at 15:08

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You are using == instead of .equals for string comparisons – Chris K Sep 17 '14 at 15:09
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To compare `String`s use `.equals()` not `==`. – TNT Sep 17 '14 at 15:09
can make input string to lower case (after check not null or maybe kb always returns not null) and then use equals – tgkprog Sep 17 '14 at 15:20

Why won't this print the if?

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