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Astudent
Astudent

Reputation: 196

Comparing user input character with a char in Scala

I am trying to compare a user's input (in this case X or Y) to a char in Scala. My code is as follows:

    var marker = 0
    while (marker == 0) {
      val ans1 = scala.io.StdIn.readLine()
      println(ans1)
      if (ans1 == 'X') {
        marker = 1
      }
      else if (ans1 == 'Y') {
        marker = 2
      }
      else {
        println("Faulty input. Please retry: X or Y?")
      }

However, the result I'm getting is always "Faulty input. Please retry: X or Y?". So I figure there must be something wrong with my comparisons.

Despite searching, I could not find the problem. I tried changing "" to '' around the chars I'm comparing to (friend's suggestion), but it did not solve the issue.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 385

Answers (1)

ziptron
ziptron

Reputation: 229

Try this. A string will not equal a character in that if statement. 

 val ans1 = scala.io.StdIn.readChar()

Upvotes: 1

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