How to run scanner first in a if-else statement before execute the rest of the code?

Question

Hi, i would like to create program to let user to choose option 1 or 2 or 3, then depends on the options selected and it might ask user to key in diff info(for example, option 1 ask age, option 2 ask name and etc).

But currently the issue is that after user have selected option, it will run the code inside that option(if else statment) before my scanner ( which means my scanner run last). May i know how to solve this issue?

public class Program
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner ans =new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("Please select 1 or 2 or 3");
String customer_ans = ans.nextLine();
int age;

if(customer_ans == "1")
{
System.out.prinln("Your age:");
age = ans.nextInt()

System.out.printf("Your agr is%d", age);
}
else if(customer_ans == "2")
{
....
}
else
{
....
}
}
}

Answer 1

Use equals method for string comparisions, like : (instead of ==)

if( customer_ans.equals("1") )

Instead you can take integers as input..!!?
Scanner is class, through object of it, we can accept input..

Hope it helps..

Answer 2

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/3016143/?ref=app
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Same answer... Use String equals() méthode.
Your scanner run before the statments, but if statment is Always false with ==
(== compare the ref of the object, his identity, scanner make a new String object)

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you mean. How can a user select an option if the scanner happens later?
Do you mean in the app?

Can you add the code from the code playground?