[RESOLVED] Simple Java help

[stettybet0]

Not sure what is wrong with my simple script, but no matter what I input, the output is always "Sorry, we don't have that pizza size.".

Help please. This is to teach a friend, and it's gonna be embarrassing if I teach him wrong!

import java.io.*;
 
public class pizza {
 
   public static void main (String[] args) {
 
      System.out.print("Pizza Size (S, M, or L): ");
 
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 
      // Ask for user input... in this case pizza size
 
      String pizzaSize = null;
      String pizzaCost = null;
      String pizzaType = null;
      Boolean noPizza = null;
 
      try {
         pizzaSize = br.readLine();
      } catch (IOException ioe) {
         System.out.println("Error!");
         System.exit(1);
      }
 
      // Take user input, and store it in a string. You have to handle the exception!
 
      if (pizzaSize == "S" || pizzaSize == "s") {
         pizzaType = "Small";
         pizzaCost = "6.99";
         noPizza = false;
      } else if (pizzaSize == "M" || pizzaSize == "m") {
         pizzaType = "Medium";
         pizzaCost = "8.99";
         noPizza = false;
      } else if (pizzaSize == "L" || pizzaSize == "l") {
         pizzaType = "Large";
         pizzaCost = "10.99";
         noPizza = false;
      } else {
         noPizza = true;
      }
 
      // Use an If-Then-Else statement to determine what action to take based on the user input.
      // Remember the user input is stored in string "pizzaSize".
 
      if (noPizza == false) {
         System.out.println("A " + pizzaType + " pizza will cost $" + pizzaCost + ".");
      } else if (noPizza == true) {
         System.out.println("Sorry, we don't have that pizza size.");
      }
 
      // Output the cost of pizza based on the type of pizza inputed.
      // If they input anything other than S, M, or L, it will tell them that you don't have that pizza size.
 
   }
}

[lunchboxtheman]

When comparing Strings you need to use the .equals() method, not ==.

if (pizzaSize.equals("S") || pizzaSize.equals("s"))

[stettybet0]

thanks!