android Strings and if statement

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Im sure this is really simple but it bugging the hell out of me

I use the following code

    String name = Global.PicName2;
    String tempstr = name.substring(0, 3).trim();
    Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), tempstr, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();


    if (tempstr == "Sou"){Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Yes", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();}

Now the first Toast reports that tempstr is "Sou" I have checked the lenght of the string and it is 3 characters long I have trimmed any spaces

Yet it will not go through the if statement and toast yes

If I add the line

    tempstr="Sou";

after the first toast it goes through the if statement so that says its the tempstr that is wrong but I cant work out why

Its driving me nuts any ideas?

Any help appreciated

Mark

See stackoverflow.com/questions/7520432/java-vs-equals-confusion — chiragjn
– chiragjn, Commented Jun 28, 2015 at 8:50

Vilas · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-28 08:47:46Z

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use

 if(tempStr.equals("Sou")){

}

answered Jun 28, 2015 at 8:47

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Mark Barr Over a year ago

DUH!!! God I cant believe im such a Donut thanks to all of you who showed me im an idiot annoying thing is I have been stuck on this for an hour :-(

Anupam · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-28 08:52:05Z

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Since you are looking for value equality check. You should use tempstr.equals("Sou").

== operator checks for reference equality while .equals() checks for value equality.

answered Jun 28, 2015 at 8:52

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Anil Meenugu · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-28 09:08:25Z

In Java, when the “==” operator is used to compare 2 objects, it checks to see if the objects refer to the same place in memory. In other words, it checks to see if the 2 object names are basically references to the same memory location. A very simple example will help clarify this:

http://www.programmerinterview.com/index.php/java-questions/java-whats-the-difference-between-equals-and/

// your not checking objects are in same in same or not

if (tempstr == "Sou") // ==” operator is used to compare 2 objects, 
{
   Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Yes", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

// Right

if(tempStr.equals("Sou")){

}

or

if(tempStr.equalsIgnoreCase("Sou")){ // you can ignoring case 

}

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_basic_operators.htm

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