Text Input to If Statement?

[Ecthelion II]

Hi guys! I just recently started coding in java, and I have a question.

How do I put text input into an if statement? Like, (after all the Scanner stuff) if you type "start", it will say something? I can put text input into a statement (ex. "Enter your name" and the it says "Hello (whatever you entered)"), but I don't know how use it in an if statement. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

[eRaaaa]

What's your try? What`s your problem?

if("start".equals(inputString)) {
doSomething();
}

.....remember strings are objects, and thus you have to compare the content with equals and not with == (if that was your try :D)

[Ecthelion II]

This is what I tried:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class apples {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Type start to begin!");
		if("start".equals(input)){
			System.out.println("Hi.");
		}else{
		} 
	}
}

But it doesn't seem to let me type anything.
Just remember, this is my first language, so...

[rosishere]

import java.util.Scanner;
class a{
public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner a = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("yes or no?");

if(a.equals("yes")){
System.out.println("yes");
}
else{
System.out.println("no");
}

}
}

same here, everything works, but i can't type.

[Singing Boyo]

Scanners are not strings, so it won't be equal to a string. In fact, your program would just exit immediately, because you're not reading anything from the console. The scanner reads strings from an input source, in your case the console, but you have call a method to get it to read something. What you need to do is call nextLine() to read a line of text. To get the input, use something like this:

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String inputString = input.nextLine();

Then use the String from nextLine() in your if statement, and you should get what you want.