Java input to variable

Question

I am new to java and I want to receive input and then access the user input with a variable. For example I would liken to use a scanner and then use the users’ input as a variable in an if statement. But It comes back saying I can’t convert a scanner into a string because I was using the scanner variable. Help

Answer 1

thank you but my if statement still is not working corrrectly

my code:

Scanner dog = Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(“Doggos or cattos?”);
String fat = dog.next()

if (fat == “Doggos”) {
System.out.println(“Good”)
}

else {

System.out.println(“No”)
}

Answer 2

ok thank you what does the ignore case do

Answer 3

it is only printing the else statement no matter what