Scanner isn't scanning Strings Correctly.

[johtnkucz]

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerTester{
public static void main (String args[]){

Scanner aScanner_input = new Scanner(System.in);
String aScanner;
aScanner= aScanner_input.nextLine();
if (aScanner == "s"){
System.out.println("A Scanner is s!");
}
if (aScanner == "Y"){
System.out.println("A scanner is Y!");
}

}
}

Hey, the code is above. I wager this is some kind of cast or data type problem. I tried aScanner_input.next() and aScanner_input.nextLine(). With both it doesnt' recognize Y as Y and s as s!?!! i.e. none of the if-blocks can get accessed regardless of input. I can get scanner to work with other data types like int (and nextInt()). Appreciate if anyone knows what's going on. Cheers. Thanks. (*I love this forum. Very helpful. And as said before, I go to this forum and I don't use stackoverflow). Thanks!

[Lost User]

if (aScanner == "s"){

should be

if (aScanner.equals("s")){

See also here[^] for more information on Java Strings.

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[johtnkucz]

OMG I realized this is the exact same problem I had before when posting on my first post. I need to use a String.equals() comparison for strings in the if-conditional. I will try that. (thanks...to my recollection of solving that problem the first time! lol xD). Marvelous. got it. Sweet. solved. nice code symmetry (start code and end fixed code, too)!

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerTester{
public static void main (String args[]){

Scanner aScanner_input = new Scanner(System.in);
String aScanner;
aScanner= aScanner_input.next();
if (aScanner.equals("s")){
System.out.println("aScanner is s!");
}
if (aScanner.equals("Y")){
System.out.println("aScanner is Y!");
}

}
}

//*/

[sandbad ae90]

You can say:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ScannerTester
{

public static void main ( String[] args )
{
Scanner aScanner_input = new Scanner( System.in );
String aScanner;

  aScanner = aScanner\_input.next();

  if ( sScanner == "s" )
  {
     System.out.println("aScanner is s!");
  }

  if ( aScanner == "Y" )
  {
     System.out.println("aScanner is Y!");
  }

}
}