how to make a string into an if statement in java code example

Example 1: how to use string variables with an if statement in java

String a = "Hello"

if (a.equals("Hello") {
	System.out.println("Variable A is Hello");
} else {
	System.out.println("Variable A is not hello :(");
}

Example 2: how to use the if sentence in the string

String str = "Game of Thrones";  

//This will print "true" because "Game" is present in the given String
System.out.println(str.contains("Game"));

/* This will print "false" because "aGme" is not present, the characters
 * must be present in the same sequence as specified in the contains method
 */
System.out.println(str.contains("aGme"));