What is wrong with my java code?

[Patrick No.5861825]

Hello.
I'm learning to program in java and I understand the concepts fairly well. However I seem to be having an issue with my if/else statement. For some reason my simple password checking program outputs that "the password was incorrect" everytime regardless if I entered the correct password or not. Can anyone point out or guide me in the right direction? Thanks

[Anonymous No.5861830]

In java, everything (excluding base types such as int,float...) is a reference.

Therefore, when you say:
password == "patrick"
You are comparing both variables by reference (which will always be false).

To compare strings, use password.equals("patrick").

[Anonymous No.5861844]

>>5861825
>java

gtfo: >>>/prog/

[Anonymous No.5861861]

Strings aren't a primitive, so when you do if((String)patrick=="patrick"){return true} or whatever, the interpreter sees if("@232fdsfe"=="patrick"), because it interprets what you're saying literally. It doesn't say, "well, that's a string, and we're comparing to a string, so the user must be looking to see if the words are the same", it says, "Well this string is represented as a location in memory, and is being compared to a string. Is the string I'm looking at the same location in memory? No? Well, they're not the same!"

Use if password.equals("patrick") in the condition.

[Anonymous No.5861930]

just replace that entire if check with this
out.println(password.equalsIgnoreCase("patrick") ? "password correct" : "password incorrect");