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From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: It doesn't see my 'if' statements
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On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:52:41 PM UTC-7, markspace wrote:
> On 6/26/2012 3:49 PM, bilsch wrote:
> 
> > public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
> >       String btn = event.getActionCommand();
> >             // opflag clears display
> >             if (opFlag = true){
> 
> 
> This is assignment, not == test.  You need two == for equals testing.
> 
> If you are using NetBeans, it should have flagged this with a warning. 
> Mine does.

It's also redundant.

  if (opFlag) 

is all you need.

Otherwise you are either saying 'if (true == true)' which is the exact same logic 
as 'if (true)', or 'if (false == true)', which is the same (almost) as 'if (false)'.

-- 
Lew