Testing a password

Posted by hallockk on Apr 06, 2010; 7:01pm
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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to develop some code to allow the user to type in a string password and then test the string.  I wrote the following:  

GenericDialog GetPassword = new GenericDialog("Password");
               
        GetPassword.addStringField("         Password: ", "password");

        GetPassword.showDialog();

        String ToPass = GetPassword.getNextString();

        //Message for troubleshooting purposes

        int TestToPass = 0;

        if (ToPass == "password"){

                TestToPass = 1;

        }

        IJ.showMessage("Password",ToPass);

        String StrTestToPass = Integer.toString(TestToPass);

        IJ.showMessage("TestToPass",Integer.toString(TestToPass));

Below this troubleshooting code I have the additional actions, but what's become clear is that whatever string is part of the dialog isn't being tested properly by the IF statement.  If I make a string that equals "password" within the code, the IF statement triggers fine, but not when "password" is acquired from the getNextString() function.  

Thanks,

Kevin Hallock