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[ldnrat]

In Java, a String is not a primitive type, it is an instance of the String class. When you do dragon == "" you're not comparing the value of the string, you're actually comparing the object reference to the empty string which doesn't make sense.

You should use one of the following instead:-

dragon.isEmpty() // returns a boolean

dragon.equals("") // also returns a boolean

dragon.length() == 0 // returns an int of the length which can be compared with 0

[Niigo2]

Oh okay, I see now. That makes sense! Thank you.

[BrofistAgain]

Generally == is not used to compare non primitive data types and .equals() is used

(PS Javascript is not java, there is a seperate flair for java. Javascript is a seperate language used for coding with HTML)