If statement not working WHY????????

I have the following within a JSP, and all I am trying to do is compare the values that are returned by request.getParameter..

Code:

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<%

String name = request.getParameter("Name");
String dept = request.getParameter("Department");
String mgr = request.getParameter("Manager");
String q1 = request.getParameter("q1");
String q2 = request.getParameter("q2");
String q3 = request.getParameter("q3");
String a1 = request.getParameter("a1");
String a2 = request.getParameter("a2");
String a3 = request.getParameter("a3");


        ddpe.sqltools.SQLTool q= new ddpe.sqltools.SQLTool("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver","MysteryWeb",true);

               
        q.doSelectQuery("INSERT INTO Mystery VALUES('"+name+"', '"+dept+"', '"+mgr+"', '"+q1+"', '"+q2+"', '"+q3+"')");
       
        //out.println(q.getError());
        //out.println(a1);
        //out.println(q1);
        q.close();       

       
%>
<font size=3 color="990033"><b>1.  </b></font><font size=3 color="330099"><b>If a customer has a question on a Business Card, which of the following numbers do you use to warm transfer?:</b></font>
<p>
<%
       
        if (q1=="866-341-5203 - Correct")
                out.println("<font size=3><b>Your answer to question # 1 was</font><font color='red'> INCORRECT!</font><p><font color='blue'></b><b>  The correct answer is - 866-341-5203 </b></font><p>");
        else
                out.println("<font size=3 color='blue'><b>You answered question # 1 CORRECT!</b></font>");
%>

<font size=3 color="990033"><b>2.  </b></font><font size=3 color="330099"><b>When Cold Transfer is in effect, does this mean that you can cold transfer to the Branches?:</b></font>
<br>
<%
        if (q2!="Yes - Correct")
                out.println("<font size=3><b>Your answer to question # 2 was</font><font color='red'> INCORRECT!</font><P><font color='blue'></b><b>  The correct answer is - Yes </b></font><p>");
        else
                out.println("<font size=3 color='blue'><b>You answered question # 2 CORRECT!</b></font>");

%>

<font size=3 color="990033"><b>3.  </b></font><font size=3 color="330099"><b>If a customer calls to do a wire transfer over the phone, you should :</b></font>
<br>
<%
        if (q3!="Inform of Procedures - Correct")
                out.println("<font size=3><b>Your answer to question # 3 was</font><font color='red'> INCORRECT!</font><P><font color='blue'></b><b>  The correct answer is - Explain the procedures on how to fax their request with their TAC</b></font><p>");
        else
                out.println("<font size=3 color='blue'><b>You answered question # 3 CORRECT!</b></font>");

%>

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The if statments are not working properly...I do not know why...can someone please enlighten me??

Thank you!

You have to use equals to compare strings.

On a side note, the font tag is deprecated, outdated and lacks any semantic information.

So CornedBee, would the correct if statment then be like this:

If (q1.equals"866-341-5203 - Correct")
out.println("do something");
else
out.println("do something else");

....if that is the case how is it supposed to be written for not equal???

I am just learning JAVA, and any help will be GREAT!!!

Thank you!

if(!q2.equals("Yes - Correct!"))...

THAT"S GREAT!!!

Thank you very much CornedBee!!!

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