{"id":23147,"date":"2022-11-24T06:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T00:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-make-a-string-equal-a-scanner-and-if-statement\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T06:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T00:31:12","slug":"solved-how-to-make-a-string-equal-a-scanner-and-if-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-make-a-string-equal-a-scanner-and-if-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] How to make a string equal a scanner and &#8220;if&#8221; statement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-52416880\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"52416880\" data-parentid=\"52416751\" data-score=\"0\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Your code was mostly correct:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>You had some typos that would prevent your code compiling successfully. You<br \/>\nshould consider using an IDE such as Eclipse, as it will highlight these<br \/>\nkinds of issues for you as you type.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>You shouldn&#8217;t create a 2nd Scanner object, reuse the existing one<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Be sure to close your Scanner when done<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s your corrected code:<\/p>\n<pre><code>  public static void main(String[] args)\n  {\n    Scanner userInput = new Scanner(System.in);\n\n    String SquareRoot;\n\n    System.out.println(\"Type 'SquareRoot' - find the square root of (x)\");\n    SquareRoot = userInput.next();\n\n    if (SquareRoot.equals(\"SquareRoot\"))\n    {\n      \/\/ You shouldn't create a new Scanner\n      \/\/ Scanner numInput = new Scanner(System.in);\n      System.out.println(\"Enter a number - \");\n      double sR;\n      \/\/ Reuse the userInput Scanner\n      sR = userInput.nextDouble();\n      System.out.println(\"The square root of \" + sR + \" is \" + Math.sqrt(sR));\n    }\n\n    \/\/ Be sure to close your Scanner when done\n    userInput.close();\n  }\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">1<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved How to make a string equal a scanner and &#8220;if&#8221; statement? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Your code was mostly correct: You had some typos that would prevent your code compiling successfully. 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