Using Split function, new to java

ok im COMPLETELY new to java. but im just trying to do a psuedo-simple program (lol for me anyways)
neways here's my code

Code:

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//Java Program for CS-216
//Program 5
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class test
{

        public static void main(String[] args)
        {

                String ID, LN, FN, MAJOR, YEAR;
                String COURSE, SECTION, ENROLLED, ROOM, COURSEID;
                String LINE;
                String[] array = new String[5];
                String test = "111222333";
                String option;
                try
                {
                        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("student.data"));


                        while ((LINE = in.readLine()) != null)
                        {
                                array=LINE.split("/s");
                                if (array[0] == test)
                                {
                                        System.out.println("string exists GJ buddy!");
                                }
                        }

                }
                catch (IOException e)
                {
                        System.out.println(e);
                }
               
        }
}

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I know i know, not very impressive but hey its my first time.

anyways basically Im just using it to test right now.

it's reading a file that looks like this

Quote:

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111111111 Adams Sally CS FR
111222333 Samuels Ann EE SO
333444555 Charels Don CS SO
888777666 Daniels Tom UN JU
555666777 Martin Al CE SE
555444333 Adams Sally EE FR
777888999 Nelson Mary CS SO
999888777 Dinh Tran MA JU
000111222 Galvez Mara UN SE
777999888 Martin Dan CS FR
123456789 Adams George CS SO
888888888 Smith John CS JU

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basically i want it to read in a line
like this: 111111111 Adams Sally CS FR
then split it into "ARRAY" ^^ like I have up top
then check the FIRST thing
so like the 9 digit "id" number

I put a test number "111222333"
but when i go to check if it exists I get nothing.

any help. i know it's something simple.

thx all. and keep in mind this is my first time with java lol?

is my split regexpression identifier wrong maybe?
any help though would be appreciated. THX

You're comparing the two Strings using the '==' operator. You need to use the equals(..) method. When used on objects, the '==' operator evaluates true if both variables point to the same object - a test of identity. The equals(..) method tests if the value or contents of the two objects is the same.

Always use equals(..) when comparing the values of two objects.

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Ah thanks that solved my problem.
but I split by whitespace....and here's my problem, my program works GREAT when theirs just ONE space. is there a "special character" thats like....any amount of whitespace cuz right now im using split ("\\s") but if theirs more than one whitespace it messes it up

The split(..) method argument is a regular expression, so you can build up the pattern you want to match. In this case, you probably want 'one or more' whitespace characters, so if you append a '+' to the expression string, it should do what you want.

The Java regex expressions are documented in the Pattern API JavaDoc.

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so are u saying it'd be split("\\s+")?

:confused: It would take you a couple of minutes to try it and see, or to read the docs about it, but you'd rather wait an indefinite time for me to get back to you?

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Well I mean I tried it and it seems to work but I want to make sure thats "how" it's supposed to be done and isn't just working....just by a fluke or something

Well, I don't really know what else to say - I told you what to do and how it works, I gave you a link to the docs so you could check it for yourself, you've tried it in code and it works... what else is there ?

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