Stuck with creating if statement from string input

Question

I am trying to learn Java and want it so you input your name, and if name input matches your name it will print Hello [your name], I am doing this using an if statement and make if so if the input is equal to a string equal to my name it will print hello plus the input. However it doesn't... the else statement is what confuses me because I got it to print the two value to see if they where equal and they both where... help would be appreciated thanks.

package AgeTester;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class HelpSystem {
 public static void main(String args[]) {
  String inp = "Jono";
  JFrame frame = new JFrame("Input Dialogue");

  String name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, "What is your name?");

  if (inp == name) {
   System.out.printf("Hello", name);
  } else {
   System.out.println(inp + name);
  }
  System.exit(0);
 }
}

Use `inp.equals(name)` in `if` condition, and `inp.equalsIgnoreCase(name)` to ignore case of letters. — VatsalSura, Jul 22 '16 at 10:12
There is another error: inside if block, the `System.out.println` takes only one argument. Use `+` (or `StringBuilder`) for string concatenation. — Nick Louloudakis, Jul 22 '16 at 10:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 22 '16 at 10:18

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When you compare two strings you should use the .equals(String) method

 if (inp.equals(name)) {

remember: == tests for reference equality (whether they are the same object).

edited Jul 22 '16 at 10:18

Nick Louloudakis

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answered Jul 22 '16 at 10:13

Zeromus

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '16 at 10:13

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You're not using the equals() method, it's what we use to comapre strings in Java not ==.

if (inp.equals(name)) {
   System.out.printf("Hello", name);
  } else {
   System.out.println(inp + name);
  }

answered Jul 22 '16 at 10:13

Gherbi Hicham

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Stuck with creating if statement from string input

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