Question about String handling...

[Spitfire]

I have been playing with Java for a few months now and i have a question. I have noticed that java seems to be a little tempremental with strings in logical statements. Im no expert but i im no newbie either, so i was wondering if someone could tell me how to do this. For example, using javas swing package, comparing the contents of a text field to a string variable to make something happen

if(txtField.getText() == STRING_VAR){
    somethingHappens();
}

When I try to use strings in this way, things never happen as they should.

[John]

In Java strings are not primitive data types, they are objects, and can therefor not be compared using the binary operator [wingedpanther may know why]. When comparing strings in Java use the .equals() function.

if(txtField.getText().equals(STRING_VAR)){
    somethingHappens();
}

[Spitfire]

Thanks alot, as it would happen i was told about that shortly after i made the post lol