Question

I have an XmlElement. I am performing a string comparison on the text it contains. By all accounts, the comparison should pass. Until recently, the code has worked successfully. However, it is now failing.

// caller ....
  processRow('my title', atag);
  ...

function processRow(title, rowtag) {
  // rowtag.getText() returns the string 'my title'

  if (rowtag.getText() == title) {
    // ... this section is never entered

In debug mode, I see two identical String objects being compared. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

It turns out an extra space was present in the xml contents. The difference was not reflected in the variable inspection window; however, the logger log presented the string correctly.