Why does if statement fail to compare string correctly?

Question

I am extracting the third character out of a variable called Gedline and testing to see if it is "@".
     public static String GedLine   = "";
     public static String GedTemp = "";
     System.out.println("GedLine = " + GedLine);
     //Extract 3rd character.
     GedTemp = GedLine.substring(2, 3);
     System.out.println("GedTemp = " + GedTemp);
     //Test 3rd character to see if it = "@".
     if (GedTemp == "@")
        System.out.println("Third char is @");
     else
        System.out.println("Third char is not @");
     }My output shows that GedTemp displays the value "@", but the if statement does not recognize this.
GedLine = 0 @I00004@
GedTemp = @
Third char is not @Can someone explain why this is happening and how I can make it work correctly?

Answer 1

BIJ001 wrote:
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