Problem with if statements

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So I was sitting in the living room last night on my laptop and my sister was watching some rubbish on the television. A show called something like 'Red & Blue'. The basis of the game is that people choose either a red or a blue box and depending on which one they choose, they win or lose. I was in awe at how melodramatic the whole show was and how it was generally ridiculous. It led me to think "Hey! That seems simple enough, I could code a program to do that!" Which leads me onto the Java

I can't get my head around what on Earth is wrong with this code. I think the problem lies in the first if statement, but I can't work out what it is. It's especially odd that the error message that I set up as the 'else' of that statement also outputs. There are no compiler errors thrown, so it's compiling ok (duh), but just not doing what I want it to.

I've sat staring at the screen for ages but can't work it out. This problem has thus been the catalyst for me finally joining a dedicated java forum. Any help would be fantastic, thank you! ~o) ~o) ~o)

Code :

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import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
 
class apples {
	 public static void main(String[] args) {
 
	     Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		 Random dice = new Random();
 
		 String userGuess;
 
 
		 System.out.println("Which will it be? Red or blue? Enter your guess NOW! (r/b): ");
		 userGuess = input.nextLine();
 
 
		 int userGuessInt = 0;
 
		if (userGuess == "r") {
			 userGuessInt = 0;
		 }
		 else if (userGuess == "b"){
			 userGuessInt = 1;
		 }
		 else {
			 System.err.println("You were supposed to guess either \"b\" or \"r\", nigga!");
 
		 }
 
 
		 int number = dice.nextInt(2);
 
 
		 if (number == 0){
			 System.out.println("It's red!");
		 }
		 else {
			 System.out.println("It's blue!");
		 }
 
 
		 if (number == userGuessInt){
			 System.out.println("You win!");
		 }
		 else {
			 System.out.println("You lose! Now go cry over a fucking gameshow like a freaking idiot...");
		 }
 
 
	    }
			}

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Output:

Code :

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Which will it be? Red or blue? Enter your guess NOW! (r/b): 
r
It's blue!
You lose! Now go cry over a fucking gameshow like a freaking idiot...
You were supposed to guess either "b" or "r", nigga!

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Quote:

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if (userGuess == "r") {

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Use the equals() method when comparing the contents of objects, like Strings.

*Searches 'equals()' in the API*
I'll give it a shot, ta.

Just found this for anyone else having a similar problem: Java: ==, .equals(), compareTo(), and compare()

Worked like a charm.