title: Comparing strings in Java
body: <p>Im trying to compare the values of two edittext boxes. What i would like is to just compare passw1 = passw2. As my code is now comparing two strings i have entered as i could not get to compare them.</p>
  
  <pre><code> final EditText passw1= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.passw1);
   final EditText passw2= (EditText) findViewById(R.id.passw2);
   Button buttoks = (Button) findViewById(R.id.Ok);
        buttoks.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {    
  
      public void onClick(View v) {       
  
       if (passw1.toString().equalsIgnoreCase("1234") &amp;&amp; passw2.toString().equalsIgnoreCase("1234")){
        Toast.makeText(getApplication(),"Username and password match", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
      else {
          Toast.makeText(getApplication(),"Username and password doesn't match", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
       }   }); 
  </code></pre>