Execution problem

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Code:

itemCode = scanz.next();  
for(int i = 0; i < inventory.length; i++){ 
if(itemCode == inventory[i].getItemCode()){ 
System.out.println("Success!"); 
counter = i; 
} 
} 

Why does the if statement never execute?

 

I can't really make too many comments without knowing more about the context of the code, but if itemCode is a String and inventory is a String[], then compare it to inventory.getItemCode() using the equals() method, rather than the == operator.

tl;dr
try

Code:

itemCode = scanz.next();  
for(int i = 0; i < inventory.length; i++){ 
    if(itemCode.equals(inventory[i].getItemCode())){ 
        System.out.println("Success!"); 
        counter = i; 
    } 
}

 

Code:

itemCode = scanz.next(); // Execution will stop here until information can be read
for(int i = 0; i < inventory.length; i++) // inventory.length may be 0
{ 
	if(itemCode == inventory[i].getItemCode()) // itemCode may not match
	{ 
		System.out.println("Success!"); 
		counter = i; 
	} 
} 

Scanner.next() returns a String.
if Inventory.getItemCode() returns a String, they should be compared with String.equals(String).

Code:

itemCode = scanz.next();
for(int i = 0; i < inventory.length; i++)
{ 
	if(itemCode.equals(inventory[i].getItemCode()))
		System.out.println("Success!"); 
		counter = i; 
	} 
}