Thanks very much! I have to say though my (ignorant) questions are
not over. I am ultra newbie on Java and am not sure how to write a
(working) Equals method.
This is the body of the Equals I wrote
public boolean equals(String strTemp) {
SharedPreferences
prefs=PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
if (strTemp instanceof String) {
String strP1 = prefs.getString("listPlayers", "");
if (this.equals(strP1)) return true;
}
return false;
}
in the code i'm trying to do something along the lines of
if ((equals("Two") {
// blah blah
}
I know this is a basic-really-should-know-how-to question but I'm kind
of flailing on the whole thing. Thanks.
On Sep 4, 5:08 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Never compare strings with == in Java. Use equals().
>
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> 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
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