then i tried the equals(Any?) function

# getting-started

[otakusenpai]

then i tried the equals(Any?) function

[Andreas Sinz]

what does println(msg.retSender() == this.name) print?

[otakusenpai]

Result = false
println("Result = ${msg.retSender() == this.name}")

[Andreas Sinz]

now you know that both strings are NOT the same

[Andreas Sinz]

check for trailing spaces, tabs or newlines

[otakusenpai]

how

[Andreas Sinz]

easiest way is to surround the strings you output with " for example println("Msg.retSender() = '${msg.retSender()}'")

[otakusenpai]

'##ChatterZ '

[Andreas Sinz]

there you have it, one space at the end of the string

[Andreas Sinz]

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.text/trim-end.html

[otakusenpai]

yeah