Cant figure out a boolean

[payton9812]

I can't figure out why this is always returning false...
    private boolean atBankPosition()
    {
        Position pos = new Position(3185, 3444, 0);
        if (myPosition() == pos) return true; else return false;
    }

 

Any help?

[The Undefeated]

This is actually the wrong section for this.

You can't compare 2 objects using ==, you should use .equals().

   private boolean atBankPosition() {
        Position pos = new Position(3185, 3444, 0);
        return pos.equals(myPosition());
    }

 

[Butters]

3 minutes ago, payton9812 said:

I can't figure out why this is always returning false...
    private boolean atBankPosition()
    {
        Position pos = new Position(3185, 3444, 0);
      

 if (myPosition()equals(pos)) return true; else return false;

    }

 

Any help?

Use equals() and not ==, that is

 if (myPosition()equals(pos)) return true; else return false;

This is because == checks if two objects ARE THE SAME IN MEMORY, which they are not.

equals(), if coded properly, checks the values of the objects and that is what you need

Edited February 28, 2018 by Butters

[payton9812]

I understand now, I can use " pos.equals(myPosition()); " as a bool, which is exactly what I needed.
Thank you.

[Eagle Scripts]

Maybe it’s good to go for a basic java course, this should be basic knowledge .