I am trying the following code in Android Studio. When Debugging, I find out that even when Value of variable B is "(" my if statement does not execute and hovering over it, it shows it is false (please refer to image). The value of ScreenText in this case is "6(".
Any help is appreciated.
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You should compare strings with the .equals() method. In this case, and to prevent a null pointer exception in case that your B variable is null, you should do so like this:
if("(".equals(B)) {
...
}
The == operator is used for reference comparison, to check whether two object have the same reference.
You want to compare two Strings, use the boolean equals(String) method.
if( "(".equals(B)) {
// your logic
}
Here comparing B with "(" constant does not require you to make null checks.
I think a more generic way to compare strings in Android is:
TextUtils.equals(B, "(");
And by the way, in your code
String.valueOf(c).toString();
toString() is redundant.
If you want to compare the value or contents of two strings then use .equals().
if(string.equals("(")){
//Enter your code
}
But if you want to check that two object points to same reference then use ==
