Never compare strings with == in Java. Use equals(). On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 6:07 PM, erik wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm having a bit of a problem with the return values from > preferences.getString. The value that I'm getting returned doesn't > seem to be correct. > This snippet will not evaluate correctly (i'm omitting the > toast.length_long ending since it formats squirrelly). This always > goes to the else (i.e. 'nothing') condition. There are only two > possible values ("Two" and "Four"). > > String strTemp=prefs.getString("listPlayers", ""); > if (strTemp=="Two") { > Toast.makeText(WarGamePlay.this, "two?", > } else if (strTemp=="Four") { > Toast.makeText(WarGamePlay.this, "four?", > } else { > Toast.makeText(WarGamePlay.this, "nothing?", > } > > If i exchange the prefs.getString with just... > > String strTemp="Two"; > > then that correctly goes to the first condition in the if/else tree. > > What am I missing? I have checked the values coming back from the > prefs.getString and there are no leading/trailing spaces or anything > else visually wrong that I can see with the value. > Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > Erik Wagner > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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