Help with Switch string code

Hello, I have a question involving strings... Ill post the code then the question.

Code:

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switch (jobChoice)
                {
                        case 'p':
                                System.out.println("You are now a programer!");
                                setClass("programmer");
                                programmingStart();
                                break;
                        case 's':
                                System.out.println("You are now a soldier!");
                                setClass("soldier");
                                soldierStart();
                                break;
                        case 'm':
                                System.out.println("You are now working in a medical field");
                                setClass("medical");
                                medicalStart();
                                break;
                        default:
                                System.out.println("Not a valid choice.");
                                break;
                }

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Code:

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public void setClass(String charClass)
        {
                classType = charClass;
        }
       
        public void roll()
        {
                Random rand = new Random();
               
                if (classType.equals("programmer"))
                {
                        strength = rand.nextInt(21) + 5;
                        dexterity = rand.nextInt(21) + 5;
                        constitution = rand.nextInt(21) + 5;
                        wisdom = rand.nextInt(21) + 5;
                        knowledge = rand.nextInt(21) + 5;
                }

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The first code segment I set the classType to whatever the class is, but how do I use it in the class to determine which stats to roll? I've tried .equals a few different ways, as well as ==, maybe I'm messing up how the .equals works?
Thanks.

You can only use a switch with Chars or Numbers so double, float, int. For strings you need to use if/elseif/else

example

Code:

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String myStr = "testing";
if (myStr.equals("test"))
{
}
else if (myStr.equals("tests"))
{
}
else if (myStr.equals("testing"))
{
}
else
{
}

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Greetings.