Can you use string as a condition in a if statement?

Answer 1

You can do somthing like.

//create a variable to hold a string value

String str = "jason";

//as strings are objects we can use its methods
//one of its methods is .equals() this returns a
//boolean if true the statement will execute

if(str.equals("jason"){

System.out.print("hi my name is "+str);}

Answer 2

I see, thanks. :)

Answer 3

Jason Cuerbo your welcome, I have commented the code so you can see what's happening.

Answer 4

Thanks again heheh, I understand now xD