There is something wrong in this program(output).Always showing 'invalid user' output.

Question

import java.util.Scanner;

public class validuser {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("Enter your name");
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
String st = sc.nextLine();
String name = "KIRAN";
if(st == name){
System.out.println("Welcome");
}
else{
System.out.println("Invalid user");
}
}
}

Answer 1

You're putting ==. == compares objects. Even if the strings are the same, theyre different string objects. do if(st.equals(name))

Answer 2

hi, James. i thought the equals sign was exclusively for assigning values to variables.

Answer 3

one = does. so x = 5 assigns 5 to x. == compares two objects and returns true if they are equal.

Answer 4

This == sign you can used it with nubmbers int double..etc but string you should use ''example''.equals(''example'');