title: Break DO While Loop Java?
body: <p>I'm new into JAVA and I'm not sure how to break a the DO WHILE loop that I use in my code below? I thought I could enter -1 to break or all other numbers to continue the loop.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import javax.swing.*;
  public class Triangel {
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  
  int control = 1;
  
  while (control == 1){
  
      String value = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a number or -1 to stop");
  
      if(value == "-1"){
           control = 0;
      }
  System.out.println(value);
  }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>