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Simple one... (Java)

EOA_Mushy · 2006-02-01 23:03:45

Simple but i cant figure it out or just plain dont know why.... In college but havent had to look at java in a while. public double blance(String nm){ for(int j = 0; j < nameID.length; j++){ if(nm == name[j]) return bal[j]; } return defaultBal; } Now... Why does the default value (defaultBal) get returned? I have narrowed…

02-02-2006 12:03AM

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EOA_Mushy

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Simple but i cant figure it out or just plain dont know why....
In college but havent had to look at java in a while.

public double blance(String nm){ for(int j = 0; j < nameID.length; j++){ if(nm == name[j]) return bal[j]; } return defaultBal; }

Now... Why does the default value (defaultBal) get returned?
I have narrowed the problem down to here... every thing else is working.

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#2 02-02-2006 12:27AM

aidan_walsh

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name[j] is a String? In that case you need to compare nm.equals(name[j]), otherwise you are checking to see is it the same Object, not an equivilant String.

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#3 02-02-2006 12:39AM

EOA_Mushy

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Thats exactly it! Thanks dude!

Forgot ".equals()" existed

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