Help with if statement

[carl]

Hi, whenever I enter y or Y and call the method it should print out OK, but it doesn't it skips all the else if's and executes the last else statement "terminating" any suggestions why?I included the import java.lang.String

Code:

public void checkVariable()
{
if(checkString == "y" || checkString == "Y")
{
System.out.println("OK");
}
else if(checkString == "yes" || checkString == "Yes")
{
System.out.println("OK");
}
else if(checkString == "ok" || checkString == "OK")
{
System.out.println("OK");
}
else if(checkString == "sure" || checkString == "Sure")
{
System.out.println("OK");
}
else if(checkString == "why not?" || checkString == "Why not?")
{
System.out.println("OK");
}
else if(checkString == "n" || checkString == "N" || checkString == "no" || checkString == "No")
{
System.out.println("OK");
}
else
{
System.out.println("Terminating");
}
}

Thanks.

[cruxblack]

Well, one thing u should realize, u are comparing a reference with a String value in every if clause u made

Code:

checkString == "y"

the checkString holds the value of a reference, not the String "y", thats why it returns a false and what u get is the word "Terminating"
Use the checkString.equals("y") to compare the value of a string

Check this post for further details
Java String