And just as safe method for avoiding NPE, its good practice to do the
following...
if("text".equals(queryString))
//do stuff
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Tollas <tolla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Worked great! Thanks!
>
> On Jun 18, 11:12 am, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You cannot use == for comparing strings. You have to use the equals
> method:
> >
> > if (queryString.equals("text"))
> > //do stuff
> >
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> > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Tollas <tolla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am retrieving data from a SQL query. The data retrieves fine. If I
> > > place the data in a TextView field, I see the text.
> > > When I try to compare it in an "IF" statement, however, the statement
> > > sees the data as false, even if it should be true.
> > > If I set the variable to a good value (not getting data from the SQL
> > > query) the IF statement works fine.
> >
> > > Example
> >
> > > String queryString = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("table_query"));
> >
> > > if (queryString == "text"){
> > > // do this
> > > }
> >
> > > I have checked my data. If I query the database for table_query =
> > > 'text' I receive results.
> > > This is happening for 5 different fields where a comparison is made,
> > > each with a different variable and if statement.
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