why doesn't this code segment break from the while loop ? (see code down below) : what i expected is that when i type the word "end" the while loop breaks. but it doesn't.
if(element=="end")
{
break;
}
here is the java class i used:
public class Something {
private List<String> aList = new ArrayList<String>();
private static BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
/**
* the method "fillList" fills an ArrayList with a certain number of items (this number is defined in the parameter)
* the method "deleteList" deletes the selected items (selected using BufferedReader.readline() ) from the ArrayList
* until you enter the word "end", which breaks from the loop
*/
public void fillList(int nbElements)
{
System.out.println("you are going to append "+nbElements+" Elements" );
for(int i=0;i<nbElements;i++)
{
System.out.println("insert element N° "+(i+1) );
try
{
String element = br.readLine();
this.aList.add(element);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println("an error occured");
}
}
}
public void deleteList()
{
while(true)
{
System.out.println("choose the item to delete");
try
{
String element = br.readLine();
if(element=="end")
{
break;
}
this.aList.remove(element);
this.displayList();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println("an error occured");
}
}
}
public void displayList()
{
System.out.println(this.aList);
}
}
in the main method (inside another class not shown here), i called the methods "fillList" then "displayList" and then "deleteList"
