Syntax or logic error?

[Ian Mcloud]

So can anyone tell me why only the second option will display regardless if the user chooses option 1 or 2? If the use types "yes," the .txt should be read into the program and printed in the console. If "no" is typed in, the myMenu() method should display the System.out line, which it does.

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;

public class MySurvey {
	private static Scanner option;
	private static String choice;


	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		displayMenu();
		
		
	}
	
	public static void displayMenu() {
		System.out.print("Would you like to load a previously saved file with Questions and Answers?");
		
		option = new Scanner(System.in);
		choice = option.nextLine();
		choice.toLowerCase();
		
		if(choice == "yes") {
		try {
		
			File myFile = new File("C:/Users/Infosec3000/My Documents/Q&A.txt");
			FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(myFile);
			
			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
			
			String line = null;
			
			while( (line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
				System.out.println(line);
	
			}
			reader.close();
			
		}catch(Exception ex) {
			ex.printStackTrace();

		}
		
		}
		 while(choice == "no"); {
				myMenu();
		 }
}
	
	public static void myMenu() {
		System.out.print("1. What is your favorite color?");
		option = new Scanner(System.in);
		choice = option.nextLine();
		choice.toLowerCase();
		System.out.print("" + option);
		
	}
	
}
	

[Ian Mcloud]

I've managed to get either one or the other to work, but never both at the same time. Though I did have it where the both options would print simultaneously, though that's not what I want, hence the use of options.

[Jeff Verdegan]

Use equals(), not ==, to compare objects' states (such as Strings' contents). The == operator on reference types tells you whether the references have the same values, that is, whether both point to the same object or both are null.

[Saket Kumar Sinha]

== operator checks for references. You should have used equals() method for string comparison

[Gihan Pandigamage]

Use equals() method to do String comparison.
for further details read this

http://www.leepoint.net/notes-java/data/strings/12stringcomparison.html