Thread: Why don't if blocks work ?

I wrote a method but if blocks don't work, result is =0 male 0 female.
How can ı fix it?

 public static void genderCount(String arr[][]){
        int maleCounter=0;
        int femaleCounter=0;
        for(int i =0;i<arr.length;i++){
            for(int j =0;j<arr[i].length;j++){
                if(j==1){
                    if(arr[i][j]=="m" || arr[i][j]=="M" ){
                        maleCounter++;
                    }
                    else if(arr[i][j]=="F" || arr[i][j]=="f" ){
                        femaleCounter++;
                    }
                }
 
            }
 
        }
        System.out.println(maleCounter+" male "+femaleCounter+" female");
    }

Originally Posted by Norm

Use the equals method to compare the contents of two String objects, not the == operator.

it worked, thank you.