I have a GUI that has a combo box where you make a selection, when the use selects something in the combo box, another text box is filled with a code. This all works well except for the first selection in the if statement. What is the reason for it not to work and what can I do to fix it?
if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("American Electric Power Company"))
Symbol.setText("AEP");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Archer Daniels Midland Company"))
Symbol.setText("ADM");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("AT&T"))
Symbol.setText("T");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("ChevronTexaco Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("CVX");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Cisco Systems Inc"))
Symbol.setText("CSCO");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Intel Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("INTC");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("General Electric Company"))
Symbol.setText("GE");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Global Crossing Ltd"))
Symbol.setText("GX");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("K Mart Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("KM");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Microsoft Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("MSFT");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Palm Inc"))
Symbol.setText("PALM");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Providian Financial Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("PVN");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Qwest Communications International Inc"))
Symbol.setText("Q");
if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("American Electric Power Company"))
Symbol.setText("AEP");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Archer Daniels Midland Company"))
Symbol.setText("ADM");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("AT&T"))
Symbol.setText("T");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("ChevronTexaco Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("CVX");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Cisco Systems Inc"))
Symbol.setText("CSCO");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Intel Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("INTC");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("General Electric Company"))
Symbol.setText("GE");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Global Crossing Ltd"))
Symbol.setText("GX");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("K Mart Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("KM");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Microsoft Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("MSFT");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Palm Inc"))
Symbol.setText("PALM");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Providian Financial Corporation"))
Symbol.setText("PVN");
else if (StockName.getSelectedItem().equals("Qwest Communications International Inc"))
Symbol.setText("Q");