title: JAVA Scanner string input in if/else statement
body: <p>Hello i'm writing a simple username/password input from the user, but my code is bypassing all the if/ if else statements and going to the else statement. I'm not sure if my syntax is incorrect or whether using an if/else statement is incorrect. Or if I just coded wrong. Please help!</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.util.Scanner;
  
  public class Passwords
  {
      public static void main (String[] args)
      {
          Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
          String[] username = {"admin1", "admin2", "admin3", "admin4", "admin5"};
          String[] password = {"pass1", "pass2", "pass3", "pass4", "pass5"};
          System.out.println("Please enter in one of the following usernames : admin1, admin2, admin3, admin4, or admin5");
          String userinput = input.nextLine();
          System.out.println("Please enter in the password corresponding to your username: pass1, pass2, pass3, pass4, or pass5");
          String passinput = input.nextLine();
          if (userinput == username[0] &amp;&amp; passinput == password[0])
          {
              System.out.println("Access granted!");
          }
          else if (userinput == username[1] &amp;&amp; passinput == password[1])
          {
              System.out.println("Access granted!");
          }
          else if (userinput == username[2] &amp;&amp; passinput == password[2])
          {
              System.out.println("Access granted!");
          }
          else if (userinput == username[3] &amp;&amp; passinput == password[3])
          {
              System.out.println("Access granted!");
          }
          else if (userinput == username[4] &amp;&amp; passinput == password[4])
          {
              System.out.println("Access granted!");
          }
              else 
              {
                  System.out.println("Sorry the username or password you entered is incorrect. Please try again");
                  System.out.println("Please enter in one of the following usernames : admin1, admin2, admin3, admin4, or admin5");
                  String userinput1 = input.next();
                  System.out.println("Please enter in the password corresponding to your username: pass1, pass2, pass3, pass4, or pass5");
                  String passinput1 = input.next();
                  if (userinput1 == username[0] &amp;&amp; passinput1 == password[0])
                  {
                      System.out.println("Access granted!");
                  }
                  else if (userinput1 == username[1] &amp;&amp; passinput1 == password[1])
                  {
                      System.out.println("Access granted!");
                  }
                  else if (userinput1 == username[2] &amp;&amp; passinput1 == password[2])
                  {
                      System.out.println("Access granted!");
                  }
                  else if (userinput1 == username[3] &amp;&amp; passinput1 == password[3])
                  {
                      System.out.println("Access granted!");
                  }   
                  else if (userinput1 == username[4] &amp;&amp; passinput1 == password[4])
                  {
                      System.out.println("Access granted!");
                  }
                  else 
                  {
                      System.out.println("Sorry, your username/password does not match our database. Contact the administrator.");
                  }
              }
          }
  }
  </code></pre>