Help with Boolean Function

[rbalagon]

Hi guys,

Would anybody be able to tell me why when this Boolean function is called is always returning false even if I type any of the strings below using the nextLine() from Scanner class?

y
Y
yes
Yes
YES

Here is the code for the function:

public static Boolean funcIsThisCorrect(String answer)
	{
		
		
		if (answer == "y" || answer == "Y" || answer == "yes" || answer == "Yes" || answer == "YES")
		
			return true;
		
		else
			
			return false;
			
		
	}

Here is the code for where this function is being used

public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		String IsThisCorrect;
		
		GetTableType();
		System.out.print("You would like to create a " + tableLimit );
		System.out.print(" by " + tableLimit + " " + TableTypeToString(tableType) + " table.");
		System.out.println(" Is this correct? (Y/N)");
		IsThisCorrect = scanString.nextLine();
		System.out.println(IsThisCorrect);
		
		//
		while (funcIsThisCorrect(IsThisCorrect) == false)
		{
			System.out.println(funcIsThisCorrect(IsThisCorrect));
			GetTableType();
			System.out.print("You would like to create a " + tableLimit );
			System.out.print(" by " + tableLimit + " " + TableTypeToString(tableType) + " table.");
			System.out.println(" Is this correct? (Y/N)");
			IsThisCorrect = scanString.nextLine();
			
		}

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Russ

[Daryn]

if you give me the full code I can put it in my computer and trouble shoot if for you to find the errors if you want

[penguinCoder]

You can cut down on your logic by using the toLowerCase() method.

if( answer.toLowerCase() == "y" || answer.toLowerCase() == "yes" )

This will accomplish the same thing as your logic, but will be a lot less complicated to look at. Just a FYI thing..

On to your problem, you cannot compare a string using '=='. You must use the .equals() method to compare a string.

if( answer.toLowerCase().equals("y") || answer.toLowerCase().equals("yes") )

[Daryn]

Im sorry i dont know if i will be able to fix this with my limited knowledge

[rbalagon]

Thanks for the replies.

@penguincoder

Your solution is what I was look for. Thank you.

[penguinCoder]

You're welcome kind sir. :)