Error Message - "Operator || cannot be applied to java.lang.String,java.lang.String"

[Crazz]

Hi everybody, this is my first post.

It's kind of hard to say what I am trying to do, so I will show you instead:

int theInteger1; // an integer
int theInteger2; // another integer
String theString; // a string
String[] theArray;
theArray = new String[4]; // an array with 4 items
theArray[0] = "option1";
theArray[1] = "option2"; // the items in my array
theArray[2] = "option3";
theArray[3] = "option4";

theInteger1 = (int) (Math.floor(Math.random()*4)); // generates a random number between 0 and 3
theString = theArray[theInteger1]; // sets the string to the object at the position of the random number

*This is the part where I get stuck*

if (theString.equals("option1" OR "option2")){
theInteger2 = 1;
}
if (theString.equals("option3" OR "option4")){
theInteger2 = 2;
}

What I want to do is replace the word "OR" in the brackets with a command. I have tried using ||, but this is apparently only used for integers and gives me the error "Operator || cannot be applied to java.lang.String,java.lang.String"

I hope I have explained this well enough.

Thanks,
Crazz

[sunde887]

Please wrap your code in code tags, to do this, do the following
[code]
YOUR CODE HERE
[/code]


The problem with using || is that it requires booleans, which strings are not. You want to switch it to something like this

thisString.equals(anotherString) OR thisString.equals(anotherString)

You can replace the OR with || The compiler doesn't allow you do say is this string equal to this, that, or another. You have to make the comparison for each test you want. If you want to test if the string equals one of five different strings you will have to or 5 conditions together.

[Crazz]

Thanks for your help :)

[sunde887]

You are welcome, glad to have helped you!