Thread: java code for password

Hi, this is the java code that I wrote for a password:

// java application that asks the user to enter a password
 
import java.util.Scanner; //program uses class scanner
 
public class password{
 
	//main method used to execute java application
 
	public static void main(String args[]){
 
		//create scanner to obtain input from command window
 
		Scanner user_input=new Scanner (System.in);
 
 
		String pass="reason"; //string that is declared for the password
 
		System.out.print("entered the password"); //prompt
        pass=user_input.next(); //input from user
// outputs two different statements if the user either inputs the password or something else
        if(pass=="reason")
          System.out.print("You entered the correct password");
        else{
          System.out.print("Try again");}
 
 
 
 
 
	} //end method
 
} //end class password

here is the output of the code when I run it :

entered the passwordreason
Try againPress any key to continue . . .

The code compiles without errors. The problem is when , I entered the actually password that I declared in my code, it doesn't output "You entered the correct password" but it instead outputs "Try again", which is supposed to be the output if you've entered the incorrect password. What did I do wrong?

if(pass=="reason")

Do not use the operator '==' to compare Strings. Use the equals() method.

Note: Next to NPEs that have varied causes, the error above is the most common seen in a forum like this.

so write "if(pass()"reason")

equals() is a method applied to objects:

if ( pass.equals( "reason" ) )

Thanks that worked