Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out the best way to save/load all the variables states in my program to a file, and then load them back in, like a 'preset'. I've been using savestrings() which works fine for numbers using str() and int() to convert back and forth, however when I save/load a string back into a string there is a problem.

Here's a test program to demonstrate.

void setup() {
 //  writer();
 reader();
}
void draw() {
}

void writer() {
 String words = "apple bear cat dog";
 String[] list = split(words, ' ');

 // now write the strings to a file, each on a separate line
 saveStrings("nouns.txt", list);

}


void reader() {
 String lines[] = loadStrings("nouns.txt");
 println("there are " + lines.length + " lines");
 for (int i=0; i < lines.length; i++) {
   println(lines[i]);
   if (lines[i]=="cat") {
     println("i hate them");
   }
 }
}


so when I read the file back in, I can't get processing to recognise "cat" as the string it was written in, i.e. "i hate them" doesn't print for some reason!

Great!
I knew it would be something simple and stupid, but usually these are the hardest to figure out sometimes.

p.s. i dont hate cats.