Java questions which don't deserve their own thread, yet.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Cavern of COBOL > Java questions which don't deserve their own thread, yet.

Idran: Jan 13, 2005; Grimey Drawer

SuperGoon posted:

Even better is
code:
if ("yes".equalsIgnoreCase(choice1))

I must be missing something, why is this better? Isn't this equivalent to the other method?

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Idran: Jan 13, 2005; Grimey Drawer

SuperGoon posted:

What happens when choice1 is null in the original example?

That convention does a null check and an .equals type check all in one.

Oh, you're right, I didn't even think about that. I always forget to check for null until it ends up biting me down the line, so that didn't even occur to me. Cool, I'll have to remember that convention, then.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2008 06:51

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