Help with comparing with .equals

Question

I'm trying to compare two strings and then set font color of a JLabel accordingly. However, I'm having trouble with comparing the strings. I have a dialog inside each if statement for testing, because at first I thought I was just having a problem with the font color. Anyway, Here is what I've tried:
if ((myString.equals("myTestText"))==true) {...This shows no errors, but does nothing.
String string = "myTestText";
if ((myString.equals(string))==true) {...Again, no errors, but doesn't work. I'm sure that myString holds a string, and that its value is correct.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Yes, they are both equal. The string is parsed from an xml feed, and in the xml feed it is like so:<urgency>
Expected
</urgency>
<severity>
Severe
</severity>
<certainty>
Likely
</certainty>So when I saved the string, it kept the space between the end of <severity> and the actual string I wanted. I didn't notice this at first. The other xml feed I parsed has the value right after the element, with no space, like so:<element>value</element>Therefore on that one I didn't need to trim as there were no spaces added. As far as how I declared the string, here is how (I think this is what you wanted to know?):private static String warningSeverity = null;
warningSeverity = (getTagValue("severity",eElement));
//Then I have the trim next:
warningSeverity = warningSeverity.trim();