Integer comparaisons not working so well

Question

I am working on an encoding program, but I have a slight glitch when comparing Integers, here is the relevant code:
    public Association findAssociate(char toFind)
        /*  Post:   finds the association according to the key
         *          returns the association that holds that key
        System.out.println("Looking for: " + toFind);   
        int find=(int) toFind;
        Integer look=new Integer(find);
        for(int i=0;table!=null && i<26;i++)
Integer key=(Integer) table[i].key();
System.out.println("Key: " + key + " Integer: " + look);
if(look==key)
System.out.println("equal!");
return table[i];
System.out.println("OH NO! NULL!!!!!!!!!!");
return null;
the deal is, I have a table of associations, each holding a key and a value. The key is an integer holding an int that represents a char. For instance an a=97,b=98 etc as Java has defined.
When casting back into an Integer though, and comparing them, it does not find the correct equality. here is some sample output:
Looking for: n
Key: 116 Integer: 110
Key: 104 Integer: 110
Key: 119 Integer: 110
Key: 101 Integer: 110
Key: 110 Integer: 110
Key: 111 Integer: 110
Key: 105 Integer: 110
Key: 109 Integer: 110
OH NO! NULL FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant seem to find out why when the Integer key and the Integer look are the same the equality test still returns false. Any insights?

Answer 1

you are comparing object reference , not object values. You should only use == on primatives or to check if object references point to the same object
try something like
look.intValue() == key.intValue()) {
// whatever