Question

I am writing a program that will change java code. It changes the next-line bracket system into the end-of-line bracket system. I am using String to do this. Here is my code:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{   
    File file = new File("test.text");
    //PrintWriter output = new PrintWriter(file);
    Scanner input = new Scanner(file);

    System.out.println("Does it exist? " + file.exists());
    while(input.hasNext())
    {
        String first = input.next();
        String second = input.next();

        if (first == "{")
        {
        second = first.replace("{", "\n{");
        System.out.println(second);
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println(first);
        }
    }
}

My test.txt looks like:

"hello{  how are you{"

So far it just takes out the word before the bracket. I am trying to get it to put the bracket on a new line.

Answer 1

first .equals( "{"); when you compare strings you need to use equals not ==