Question

I made this little function:

public String getDay() {

    String day = (String)android.text.format.DateFormat.format("E", new    java.util.Date());
    return day; 
}

I know that the android.text.format.DateFormat.form("E", new java.util.Date()); Returns a CharSequence, but is there any problem regarding casting this from a sequence of char’s?

I used the function like this:

String day = getDay();
if(day == "Tue") {
        Toast.makeText(TaxiFaresActivity.this, day + " inside the if", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); 
    }

But it seems to me that I ever get into the function?

If I but the Toast outside, I get the following Toast

Tue

Which is right? Why doesn’t the program jumps right into the if-sentence?

Answer 1

In java == means you are comparing addresses not content so use equals when comparing objects:

if(day.equals("Tue"))