Problem with the result of the implementation

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import java.io.*;

public class Author{
        public static void main(String[] args)throws IOException{

        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader (System.in));

        System.out.println("Welcome in Management Program");
        System.out.println("Please, Enter your name: ");
        String a = in.readLine();
        if (a == "[COLOR="Red"]AhmedHello

It's my pleasure to join you in this forum

Actually, I'm new in programming by Java

Yesterady, I wrote this code

"){
                System.out.println("Welcome Mr."+ a);
                }else{
        System.out.println("Wrong name !!");
        }
}
}

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The problem with the result of implementation

When I implement the program and enter the same name (Ahmed) , the result will be "Wrong name"

So, what do you think the problem is ?

I hope you can help me

My regards

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if (a == "Ahmed"){

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That should be

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if(a.equals("Ahmed")) {

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equals() is a method of the String class that checks if two strings are made up of the same sequence of letters.

== does something else. It checks whether both sides reference exactly the same object. Two strings can be different and yet have consist of the same sequence of letters: think "this book has 10000 words in it (measured by ==)" versus "But it only has 5000 words in it (measured by equals())".

Thank you for your replying and helping me

I really appreciate that

:)

It works fine for me once changed as pbrockway recommends.

One side favor: could you please not center-format your posts? They are hard to read when in non-standard format. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Fubarable

It works fine for me once changed as pbrockway recommends.

One side favor: could you please not center-format your posts? They are hard to read when in non-standard format. Thanks.

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Hi Mr.Fubarable

I will work with what you told me

:)

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Thank you for your replying and helping me
I really appreciate that

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You're welcome.