Learining Java and have a question about some code that is not working (help)

[csphard]

I am passing the following to this code Howard James Mike. I am trying to read Howard but it is not working Why..

PART THAT DOES NOT WORK
if (myout == "Howard")
{
System.out.println("Hey Howardppp");
}

ENTIRE CODE
public class MyTest {

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

int howmany = args.length;
String[] myInfo = new String[howmany];


for (int a = 0 ; a < howmany; a++)
{
myInfo[a] = args[a]; //"Howard";
}


System.out.println(" how many args " + howmany);




for (int i = 0 ; i < howmany; i++)
{
System.out.println("Item" + i + " " + myInfo);

String myout;
myout = myInfo;
// this part does not work why
if (myout == "Howard")
{
System.out.println("Hey Howardppp");
}
//System.out.println("myout=" + myout);
}

System.out.println("end");

}

}

 

[feherke]

Hi

The classic beginner mistake. [tt]==[/tt] checks equality of pointers. Use [tt]String.equals()[/tt] to check equality of values :

[b]if[/b] [teal]([/teal]myout[teal].[/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]equals[/color][teal]([/teal][green][i]"Howard"[/i][/green][teal]))[/teal] [teal]{[/teal]
  System[teal].[/teal]out[teal].[/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]println[/color][teal]([/teal][green][i]"Hey Howardppp"[/i][/green][teal]);[/teal]
[teal]}[/teal]

[gray]// or with null-safe Yoda condition[/gray]
[b]if[/b] [teal]([/teal][green][i]"Howard"[/i][/green][teal].[/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]equals[/color][teal]([/teal]myout[teal]))[/teal] [teal]{[/teal]
  System[teal].[/teal]out[teal].[/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]println[/color][teal]([/teal][green][i]"Hey Howardppp"[/i][/green][teal]);[/teal]
[teal]}[/teal]

Next time please indent your code and post it between [tt][ignore]

[/ignore][/tt] and [tt][ignore]

[/ignore][/tt] TGML tags.

Feherke.
[link feherke.github.com/]

http://feherke.github.com/

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[csphard]

Hey thanks that worked....