Thread: Code will not count number of links

 //link count
 
           int linkCount = 0;
           for (int i = 4; i <tweetlength - 2; i++){
             if (tweet.substring(i-4,i) == "http" && tweet.charAt(i) == ':'  && tweet.charAt(i + 1) == '/' && tweet.charAt(i+2) == '/'){
               linkCount++;
             } 
           }
           System.out.println("Number of Links: " + linkCount);

The rest of my code works fine but this part does not. It will not return a count. Please help.

Strings are not compared for equality - having the same characters - using the equality operator, '=='. Use the equals() method instead, as in:

if ( thisString.equals( thatString ) )

Also, consider simplifying your if statement. An if statement containing many conditions is difficult to troubleshoot.