Re: [android-developers] if() Statement Not Working Correctly...

Pick up a Java book... :-)...

you can't compare strings with == in java... use .equals()...

kris

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Matt Clark <mrclark32493@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am currently writing an application to easily retrieve the bus
> schedule for my school. I have a series of intents and content views
> that get information from the user such as
> Bus From
> Bus To
> Day
>
> The variables are passed to a final intent, where depending on what
> the user has selected it will choose the correct contentview to show
> the user the schedule. The problem that i am having is that i am
> getting a string of say 'equine' and checking it in an if statement to
> see if the sting is indeed 'equine'. The program is skipping right
> over it as if the statement was false, even while debugging. The
> segment in question is below.
>
> locationFrom = getIntent().getExtras().getString("From");
> locationTo = getIntent().getExtras().getString("To");
> locationDay = getIntent().getExtras().getString("Day");
>
> if (locationFrom == "equine") {
>        if (locationTo == "equine") {
>                //None
>        } else if (locationTo == "gaebe") {
>                if (locationDay == "monday" || locationDay == "tuesday"
>                                || locationDay == "wednesday"
>                                || locationDay == "thursday") {
>                        setContentView(R.layout.equine_gaebe_week);
>                } else if (locationDay == "friday") {
>                        setContentView(R.layout.equine_gaebe_friday);
>                } else if (locationDay == "saturday") {
>                        setContentView(R.layout.equine_gaebe_saturday);
>                } else if (locationDay == "sunday") {
>                        setContentView(R.layout.equine_gaebe_sunday);
>                }
>        }
> }else{
>        Log.e("ERROR!", locationFrom);
> }
>
> When looking in the LogCat i get:
> 12-15 23:10:15.034: ERROR/ERROR!(11489): equine
>
> This is frustrating me as I have no idea what the problem is.... Any
> and all help is greatly appreciated...
> ~Matt
>
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