Java – compare string input

import java.util.Scanner;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class TrueFalseQuiz {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(system.in);
        String youranswer;

        boolean answer = false;
        System.out.print("The queens name is Elizabeth? yes or no ");
        youranswer = myScanner.toString();

        String start = myScanner.next();

        {
            if (youranswer.equals("yes")) {
                answer = true;
            }
        }

        if (answer == true) {
            System.out.println("Answer is correct");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Answer is wrong");
        }
    }
}

This code does not seem to compare the input with the string I want ("yes" or "no") I'm a beginner. This is just the basic code I'm playing

Solution

So, you have a few things here:

>You want to use scanner Next() or scanner Nextline() retrieves input from the end user. > You want to get rid of static code blocks around if statements. > You want to compare the answers to any case - if I type "yes", it will fail You can change it to:

answer = "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(youranswer);

Since it is a Boolean value, if the value is true, there is no need to compare and set the variable to true You can set it explicitly. > In the last block, you do not need to compare with true in Boolean values You can simply say no (answer)