Getting char values from a string problem

Question

Hi,
Here's an example of what I'm trying to do:
boolean loopSwitch = true;
while (loopSwitch)
     String orderDecider = JOptionPane.showInputDialog (null, "Would you like your numbers to be ordered in   ascending or descending order(A/D)",      "Order decision", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
     if (orderDecider == A)
     loopSwitch = false;
     }I basically want the user to input either a/A/d/D and to get the char values from the string so I can use them in an if statement.
Basically, I wanna parse the string into a char.
Is this possible?
Thanks.
Edited by: xcd on Oct 16, 2009 8:38 AM

Answer 1

Why not just use the String.equals() method to compare a String to a String?
But if you must, you can use the String.charAt() method to return a char at a particular location in the String.
Note: char literals need to be surrounded by single quotes ('A') and String literals need to be surrounded by double quotes ("A").