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Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
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Posted by Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,417 Points

Can someone explain why if I set a Boolean value to false and then write an if else statement, the variable stays false?

Example code below:

boolean isWon = false; if(isWon == true){ System.out.println(“congrats you won”); }else { System.out.println(“Oops not quite, try again!”); }

1 Answer

seth aruby
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Hey Andy, your conditional statement only checks to see if isWon==true, it doesn't actually change the value of isWon to be 'true'. Since you have declared isWon to be false, then it will always be false unless something in your code changes its value. Hope this helps...

Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
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Hi Seth,

I did think that after I posted my comment, good to have my thoughts confirmed. Thank you for taking the time to answer.

I’ll admit logic is my enemy, is this something you can learn?