Problem with this out.print(status.equals(

Question

Hi i've got another problem.
The following codes is as follows:
String status = (String)rs.getString("Status"); //status is either "O" - Open or "C" - closed
out.print(status)
out.print(status.equals("O"));
it returns me FALSE even in my database it is O... I am not sure why.. can someone enlighten me? and it works if i use
out.print(status.charAt(0) == ('O');
I am not sure why..
please reply asap... thanks

Answer 1

try follows
out.print(status) ;
status.trim();
out.print(status.equals("O"));That won't change anything. status.trim() won't actually change status; it just returns a substring. If you actually want it trimmed, you should do this:
status=status.trim();
out.print(status);
out.print(status.equals("O"));