Thread: String if-else not executing

hello,

As you can see I am new to Java and would like some help with this problem. I've tried to solve it myself first but the issue that I'm having is I don't have the knowledge to know what I am doing wrong.

// create a program that will say "Name" and then allow the useer's input of "their name" 
// and then another response from the programme.
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class HomeProject
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
	 String yourName;
	 String answer;
     String answer2 = "good, well have a nice day!";
	 String answer3 = "unlucky, well have a nice day anyway!";
 
	  Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
	  System.out.println("What is your name?");
	  yourName = input.nextLine();
	  System.out.println();
 
	  System.out.println( "Hello " + yourName + ", are you feeling well?" );
	  answer = input.nextLine();
	  System.out.println();
 
 
      if ("are you feeling well?".equals("yes"))
      {
      System.out.println(answer2);   
      answer2 = input.nextLine();
      System.out.println();
      }
 
      else if ("are you feeling well?".equals("no"))
          {
    	  System.out.println(answer3);   
          answer3 = input.nextLine();
          System.out.println();          }  
 
        input.close();
	  }    
}

Any help will be appreciated and I'm sure its just something simple that I haven't properly understood.

Thanks!

Thank you, the code has been changed to input.

 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class HomeProject
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
	 String yourName;
	 String answer;
     String answer2 = "good, well have a nice day!";
	 String answer3 = "unlucky, well have a nice day anyway!";
 
	  Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
	  System.out.println("What is your name?");
	  yourName = input.nextLine();
	  System.out.println();
 
	  System.out.println( "Hello " + yourName + ", are you feeling well?" );
	  answer = input.nextLine();
	  System.out.println();
 
 
      if (input.equals("yes"))
      {
      System.out.println(answer2);   
      answer2 = input.nextLine();
      System.out.println();
      }
 
      else if (input.equals("no"))
          {
    	  System.out.println(answer3);   
          answer3 = input.nextLine();
          System.out.println();          }  
 
        input.close();
	  }    
}

The code used to have input.equals... but from messing around with it I had made it worst. However it still seems like the 'if' and 'if else' statement is not being recognised and still isn't giving me "yes" = good, have a nice day or "no" = unlucky, have a nice day anyway.

thank you for responding, do you have any ideas with what else I am doing wrong?