Don't know why this If statement isn't working or if I did something wrong

[restive flower]

Working on this small guessing game for hwk dont know what I did wrong please help.

[woven basin]

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[cobalt olive]

when comparing Strings you should use .equals() instead of == ...

If two strings compared with == refer to the same string memory, the return value is true; if not, it is false

String myString = "hello";
String myOtherString = "hello";

myString.equals(myOtherString);

[restive flower]

oh so I should write

if(guess1.equals(answer))

[cobalt olive]

yeah thats better =p

[restive flower]

Thanks dude

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