Any idea why this doesn't exit when it should socket/serversocket

[brendanmcdonagh]

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;

public class SocketConnect
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{

Socket socket = new Socket("192.168.0.6", 4242);
PrintStream outStream = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream());
Scanner aScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
String aString = aScanner.nextLine();
while(aString != "exit")
{

outStream.println(aString);
aString = aScanner.nextLine();
}
socket.close();
}
catch (Exception anException)
{
}
}
}

I type exit and it doesn't exit it just shows the word exit on my other computer (serverSocket)

Regards

Brendan

[JosAH]

You don't compare Strings for (in)equality like that; use the equals() method for
that purpose:

while (!aString.equals("exit")) ...

kind regards,

Jos

[brendanmcdonagh]

doh!

Probably the first thing i learnt about java.

Thanks

Brendan