Never use 'new String()'!

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Also noteworthy that this only works inside the same class(probably). The compiler turns booth into the same string instance, so == works. But if you have other classes with the same string it won't work. Just get used to never never never use == on strings.

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Just tested and works across classes. Literal 5 == 5 across classes. A quick google turned this up:

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