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Re: Using getText() with a JTextField component?

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, D. Michael Nelson wrote:

> //The following line works - prints "Mike
> System.out.println(sName);
> 
> //This condition fails
> if (sName == "Mike")
>   System.out.println("yes");
> 
> Any suggestions?

Sure. This isn't a problem with getText, but a natural behavior of all
java Strings. Try this instead:

if (sName.equals("Mike")) ...

The "==" operator compares identity, not value..

Cheers,

- Michal
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