Testing for single string in IF

[carman12]

I'm running a program and a part of it requires the user to enter Y/N to a question can anyone tell me if this test method is even the slightest bit correct for conducting such a test...

[cod]
public static boolean isAnswer(String p){
if(p=="Y"){
return true;
}else{
return false;
}//close if-else statement
}//close isAnswer method
[/cod]

I'm simply testing true or false whether the user entered Y to continue the loop of the program or to end it. Thanks alot.

[Iron Lion]

Don't use == to compare strings; this compares object references, not the content of the string. Use the equals() method:

if(p.equals("Y")) ...

[carman12]

IRON LION, thanks much bro...
That's exactly what I was missing, i'm suprised though I missed something simple as that but I guess when you're deep in heavy code sometimes the small things miss us.

Thanks again pal...

[Vase]

I strongly suggest familiarizing yourself with the API: String (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0)