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Thread: Can't think of a more specific title than: Problem with if statements

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    Default [SOLVED] Can't think of a more specific title than: Problem with if statements

    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!

    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...");
    		 }
     
     
    	    }
    			}

    Output:
    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!
    Last edited by Omnamah; September 4th, 2011 at 11:16 AM.


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    Default Re: Can't think of a more specific title than: Problem with if statements

    See post on your other thread for the same problem

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    Default Re: Can't think of a more specific title than: Problem with if statements

    See the message I sent you

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    Default Re: Can't think of a more specific title than: Problem with if statements

    Quote Originally Posted by Tjstretch View Post
    See the message I sent you
    I can't seem to find your message anywhere.

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    Default Re: Can't think of a more specific title than: Problem with if statements

    Solved with .equals()
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    Use the equals() method when comparing the contents of objects, like Strings.
    Check out Java: ==, .equals(), compareTo(), and compare() for more info on .equals() .

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