Help with variables in java

[fernando]

Hi, All the online/manual and online tutorials explain how to initially assign something to a variable, but how do you change it when the program is running? In BASIC something like "if a$ = 2 then b$ = 3"

Also how can you take a string, say an input and assign it to a variable instead of using "system.out.println"

But how do you do this in JAVA? I'm not used to high level programming - BASIC is about as high level as I know.

Thanks.

[hardwired]

Code:

String input = reader.readLine();
String s = "hello world";
input = s;

[yiweiang]

Code:

if(a$==2)
{
b$=3;
}

is this what you are saying?