Java if statement is skipped

Question

In the following Java code, the if statement conditional does not evaluate to true and its block is skipped.

public void options(String input)
{
    if(input == "x")
        System.exit(0);
}

Input has the right value, so why is the System.exit(0) skipped?

Answer

This is a classic. Don’t use “==” for comparing Strings, use String.equals().

Accepted Answer

This is a classic. Don&#8217;t use &#8220;==&#8221; for comparing Strings, use String.equals().