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Thread: Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

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    Default Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

    package input;

    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class Input {

    /**
    * Created by Björn Johansson 2012
    */

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

    Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);

    String first_name;
    System.out.print("Vad heter du i förnamn? ");
    first_name = user_input.next();

    if (first_name = "Ola")
    {
    System.out.print("Hej Ola!");
    }

    else if (first_name = "Eva")
    {
    System.out.print("Hej Eva!");
    }

    else
    {
    System.out.print("Du har angett ett ogiltigt namn!");
    }


    }

    }


    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
    Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to boolean
    Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to boolean

    at input.Input.main(Input.java:20)


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    Default Re: Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

    cannot convert from String to boolean
    The compiler wants a boolean value, not a String in the if statement.
    The if statement requires a boolean value. The assignment statement (=) returns the value of the token to the left of the = (a String). If you use the == operator, the result will be a boolean value that is the results of the comparison.

    To compare the contents of two Strings you should use the equals() method.
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    Default Re: Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

    I replaced
    first_name =
    with
    first_name ==
    now the program compiles and runs without problems! But when I enter the name Eva as a name, I get as a result ogiltigt namn! (that is disqualified name in english) but it should return the text: Hej Eva!

    So how do I fix that?

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    Default Re: Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

    To compare the contents of two Strings you should use the equals() method.
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    Default Re: Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

    I was reading over at java-samples.com for some examples of how to do this, but I must admit that since I'm a total newbie on java, I'm not sure what I'm doing at times, so can you give me a hint on how I should do that in source code?

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    Default Re: Compiler refuses to "accept" my string variable - need help

    Are you asking how to use a class's method?

    refToClass.theMethod(theArgsForTheMethod);

    Read the API doc for the class to see what the method does, what its arguments are and what it returns.
    The API doc: Java Platform SE 7
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