comparing a string to an input form user. java

Question

Here is a piece of the code

    System.out.println("How would you describe your lifestyle? Sedentary, Somewhat Active, Active, Highly Active?");
    String lifestyle = keyboard.next(); 
 if (lifestyle.equalsIgnoreCase("Somewhat Active"))
 {
  System.out.println("ok");
 }
 else
 {
  System.out.println("not ok")
 }

no matter what I type I cannot get an "ok" response.

nanofarad · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-11 00:39:59Z

2

Scanner#next() will always return the next token, which will just be "Somewhat". Use keyboard.nextLine() instead.

answered Sep 11, 2014 at 0:39

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Juned Ahsan Over a year ago

but how "Somewhat".equalsIgnoreCase("Somewhat Active") will it return true?

nanofarad Over a year ago

@JunedAhsan No, the two strings aren't equal. "someWHAT eQuAL" would be acceptable in such a comparison, however. The OP is currently using next() which returns just "somewhat" which would of course not compare as intended.

user2575725 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-11 00:59:27Z

0

You should try nextLine() as suggested by hexafraction.

String lifestyle = keyboard.next(); //<-- input without space, Somewhat
String lifestyle = keyboard.nextLine(); //<-- input with spaces, Somewhat Active

answered Sep 11, 2014 at 0:59

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