What am I doing wrong with this if-statement?

Question

After asking a question, somebody has to reply with yes or no. I want to give an proper answer to their yes or no by using an if-statement. But it doensn't matter what I do - Java replies every time with the "else statement". The "if statement" never seems to be true.

Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
... //asking question
String answer = scan.nextLine();
if (answer == "yes" || answer == "Yes") {
System.out.println("That is great!");
}
else {
System.out.println("Maybe next time?");
}

Answer 1

You have to take cure about strings equality... == check equality for object reference (on objects) not on values because of this java String (not only it) has "equals" method for check string value equality

Answer 2

I wish I could post a photo here, because I still get the answer "Maybe next time?" after I replied yes to the question...

Answer 3

Thanks a lot! I forgot I can't use = when I compare strings... It has to be answer.equels indeed.