title: Comparing String Array value to JavaFX Combo box value does not evaluate to true
body: <p>I have a loop to check the values in an array and compare them to the value in a Combo box.  For some reason, even when they match, a compare does not evaluate to true.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the loop, with System output added for troubleshooting:</p>
  
  <pre><code>System.out.println("Race Changed, setting new attribute min/maxes");
                  int raceIndex = -1;
  
                  for (int i=0;i&lt;5;i++){
                      System.out.println("RaceCheck index i="
                                        + Integer.toString(i)
                                        + " raceIndex="
                                        + Integer.toString(raceIndex)
                                        + " miscData.raceData[i].raceName="
                                        + miscData.raceData[i].raceName 
                                        + " cboRace.getValue()=" 
                                        + cboRace.getValue()
                                        + " match found="
                                        + (miscData.raceData[i].raceName == cboRace.getValue()));
                      System.out.println("|"+miscData.raceData[i].raceName+"|");
                      System.out.println("|"+cboRace.getValue()+"|");
                      if (miscData.raceData[i].raceName == cboRace.getValue()) {
                          raceIndex = i;
                      }       
                  }
  
                  if (raceIndex &lt; 0) {
                      // race was not found, default to Human
                      System.out.println("Race " + cboRace.getValue() + " was not found in racedata");
                      raceIndex = 0;
                  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is the output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Race Changed, setting new attribute min/maxes
  RaceCheck index i=0 raceIndex=-1 miscData.raceData[i].raceName=Human cboRace.getValue()=Dwarf match found=false
  |Human|
  |Dwarf|
  RaceCheck index i=1 raceIndex=-1 miscData.raceData[i].raceName=Elf cboRace.getValue()=Dwarf match found=false
  |Elf|
  |Dwarf|
  RaceCheck index i=2 raceIndex=-1 miscData.raceData[i].raceName=Dwarf cboRace.getValue()=Dwarf match found=false
  |Dwarf|
  |Dwarf|
  RaceCheck index i=3 raceIndex=-1 miscData.raceData[i].raceName=Ork cboRace.getValue()=Dwarf match found=false
  |Ork|
  |Dwarf|
  RaceCheck index i=4 raceIndex=-1 miscData.raceData[i].raceName=Troll cboRace.getValue()=Dwarf match found=false
  |Troll|
  |Dwarf|
  Race Dwarf was not found in racedata
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am using Java 7 Update 40, with JavaFX for the combo box.  How can I get the matching values to evaluate to true when comparing them?</p>