Futhermore, to avoid NPE, use the expected String as first argument: "needle".equals(haystack[i])

Thanks for the advice! :)

Thanks for valueable advice!

Thank you!

Thanks! Yeah, now i know about method "equals".

You are definitely right! Thank you!

Cheers dude , I'll be using that method from now on.

Points are awarded within a background process and sometimes the update doesn't happen immediately. It looks like you were eventually awarded the honor.

thank you, i will. Everything in Java is an object, i know... :-)

Thank you very much for the information. This type of criticism help me learn.

I appreciate the input! I'm new to Java (coming from a background in JavaScript) so any help is appreciated. I'll take a look at the .equals() method and refactor my code.

You're right - didn't know that back then :-) Thanks!