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Thread: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

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    Default counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    I have to tell if someone passed a drivers test or not. for some reason in the class the
    correctCount
    isn't adding when it should so I am always having a return of false and I cant figure out why. Thanks

    public class DriverExam
       {
          static String[] correctAnswers={"b","d","a","a","c","a","b","a","c","d","b","c","d","a","d","c","c","b","d","a"};
          static String[] userAnswers=new String[20];
     
       //constructer
          public  DriverExam(String[] user)
          {
             userAnswers=user;
          }
     
     
     
     
       //method to see if you passed
          public static boolean passed()
          {
             boolean pass=false;
             int correctCount=0;
             int incorrectCount=0;
             for(int i=0;i<userAnswers.length;i++)
             {
                if(userAnswers[i]==correctAnswers[i])
                {
                   correctCount++;
                }
                else
                {
                   incorrectCount++;
                }
             }
     
             if(correctCount>14)
             {pass=true;}
             return pass;
     
          }
     
     
       }


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    Default Re: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    Please edit the post and properly format the code so that all the statements do not start in the first column.
    Logically nested statements within {}s should be indented 3-4 spaces to make reading easier.

    Use the equals() method when comparing Strings.
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    Default Re: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    Does your code even compile? If so, what are the errors?

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    Default Re: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    it does compile the only issue I'm having is that my correctCount doesn't count up it stays at 0 so the return is always false

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    Default Re: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    What I've been told is to not use the '==' operator when comparing Strings. Instead to use the equals method from the string class.

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    Default Re: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    Now for String comparison you need to replace the == with the equals() method.
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    Default Re: counter in loop not incramenting when its suppose to

    that was it thanks

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