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import javax.swing.imageicon; import javax.swing.joptionpane;   public class example {      public static void main(string[] args) {          string name;          name = joptionpane.showinputdialog(null, "enter test below:"," ",3 );          if (name == "test") {              joptionpane.showmessagedialog(null, "welcome " + name + ", works "," ",  1, new imageicon("pictures/example.jpg"));          }          else {              joptionpane.showmessagedialog(null,"welcome " + name + ", doesn't work."," ",  1, new imageicon("pictures/example.jpg"));          }     }  } 

instead of comparing strings this:

name == "test" 

you should use this:

name.equals("test") 

a famous question explains reason why need this. essentially, == compares whether name , "test" same object. not same object, have same contents, , equals tests same contents.