returning else value

in my following code i want to fetch the value of dropdown in the variable
following is my simple html code

<html>
<body>
<form name="my form" method="Post" action="Option">
State <select name="s2"><option>None</option>
<option value >UP</option>
<option value >Karnatka</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

and following is my servlet code

the above is returning only else value i.e. K in both the cases
i don't know why

Megha Singhal wrote:in my following code i want to fetch the value of dropdown in the variable
following is my simple html code

<html>
<body>
<form name="my form" method="Post" action="Option">
State<select name="s2"><option>None</option>
<option value >UP</option>
<option value >Karnatka</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

and following is my servlet code
package test; import java.io.*; import java.sql.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import java.util.*; import java.lang.String; import java.sql.Connection; import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher; public class Option extends HttpServlet{ public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,IOException{ doPost(request,response); } public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,IOException{ response.setContentType("text/html"); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); String x=null; String TY=request.getParameter("s2"); out.println(TY); if(TY=="Home Town") { x="U"; } else { x="K"; } out.println(x); } }

the above is returning only else value i.e. K in both the cases
i don't know why

Don't use the == operator if you want to compare the contents of two String objects. That only tests whether the two references point to the same object, whereas two different String objects can contain the same sequence of characters. Use the equals() method instead:

Paul Clapham wrote:if(TY=="Home Town")

Don't use the == operator if you want to compare the contents of two String objects. That only tests whether the two references point to the same object, whereas two different String objects can contain the same sequence of characters. Use the equals() method instead:

if(TY.equals("Home Town"))

Thanks its working.

Here is interesting link, explanation

All objects have both identity (the object's location in memory) and state (the object's data). The == operator always compares identity. The default implementation of equals compares identity as well.
Sometimes the default implementation of equals has the desired behaviour (as in a type-safe enumeration, for example), but equals should usually compare state, not identity. This is particularly true for "data-centric" classes which map to database records.
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