Below is a snippet of code from a class in a simple program I'm writing that plays a simple game of Blackjack. I don't understand why the hit method isn't executing whenever, upon execution of the program, I enter "hit". It goes to the else part of the statement every time regardless of what I enter. I even added a System.out.println statement to make sure that the strings matched. I feel like I must be making a very basic mistake but I just can't seem to figure it out.
System.out.println("Would you like to hit or stand?");
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String playerDecision = input.nextLine();
//System.out.println(playerDecision);
if(playerDecision == "hit") {
hit();
}
else { System.out.println("ERROR");
}
}
public void hit(){
player.makeHand(deck.draw());
System.out.println("You have the following cards: ");
player.getHand();
System.out.println("Your hand total is ");
System.out.println(player.findHandTotal());
}
