I'm working on a project with a registration form. The form asks the user to enter a password of their choice in a JPassword Field, and to enter it again in another JPassword Field.
I'm using a JOptionPane to prompt the user if the passwords do not match. but when i use passwordField.getPassword().toString() on the two, they don't match. I have tried entering a basic "12345" for example on both but i still have no luck.
i know you should use .equals(), but what is the equivalent to this for "not equals" without using the "!=" operator.
here is the following code.
if(e.getSource() == submit)
{
String name = nameTextField.getText();
String address = addressTextField.getText();
String phoneNumber = numberTextField.getText();
String dob = datePicker.getDateFormatString();
String password = passwordField.getPassword().toString();
String password2 = passwordFieldTwo.getPassword().toString();
try
{
//If the user leaves the field empty
if(name == null || address == null || phoneNumber == null || dob == null
|| password == null || password2 == null)
{
//Error message appears to prompt the user to
//complete the form
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "All fields must be complete to submit.", "Woops", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
if(password != password2)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Passwords do not match.", "Woops", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
passwordField.setText(null);
passwordFieldTwo.setText(null);
}
Any help with this would be much appreciated.
The != related to equals() for String comparison is expressed by !x.equals(y)
As an example lets take your code, to see if the two passwords not match do the following:
if (!Arrays.equals(passwordField.getPassword(), passwordFieldTwo.getPassword())) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Passwords do not match.", "Woops", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}