very frustrating problem with IF statement

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Howdy all;

I'm encountering a very frustrating problem with the below IF statement:

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String test = placemark.getChild(3).getName();
if (test == "Polygon") {
XMLElement polygon = placemark.getChild(3);
XMLElement outerBound = polygon.getChild(0);

For some reason, test == "Polygon" will NOT return true. I've verified that the output from the getName() method is indeed a String, and that it is "Polygon" with identical capitalization and no leading or trailing spaces. Does anyone have any ideas what else could be the problem?

Many thanks,

Josh

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kooogy

Re: very frustrating problem with IF statement

3 years ago

String is a class not a simple type, so you must use equals() to compare.

if (test.equals("Polygon")) {...}

see http://processing.org/reference/String.html

jeemang

Re: very frustrating problem with IF statement

3 years ago

That does it! Many thanks for your help.

Josh

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