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    copied!<p>I am trying to make a boolean test so that if one of the tire pressures is below 35 or over 45 the system outputs "bad inflation".</p> <p>In my class I must use a boolean, which is what I tried. However the boolean returned is always true. I don't understand why.</p> <pre><code>public class tirePressure { private static double getDoubleSystem1 () //Private routine to simply read a double in from the command line { String myInput1 = null; //Store the string that is read form the command line double numInput1 = 0; //Used to store the converted string into an double BufferedReader mySystem; //Buffer to store input mySystem = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in)); // creates a connection to system files or cmd try { myInput1 = mySystem.readLine (); //reads in data from console myInput1 = myInput1.trim (); //trim command cuts off unneccesary inputs } catch (IOException e) //checks for errors { System.out.println ("IOException: " + e); return -1; } numInput1 = Double.parseDouble (myInput1); //converts the string to an double return numInput1; //return double value to main program } static public void main (String[] args) { double TireFR; //double to store input from console double TireFL; double TireBR; double TireBL; boolean goodPressure; goodPressure = false; System.out.println ("Tire Pressure Checker"); System.out.println (" "); System.out.print ("Enter pressure of front left tire:"); TireFL = getDoubleSystem1 (); //read in an double from the user if (TireFL &lt; 35 || TireFL &gt; 45) { System.out.println ("Pressure out of range"); goodPressure = false; } System.out.print ("Enter pressure of front right tire:"); TireFR = getDoubleSystem1 (); //read in an double from the user if (TireFR &lt; 35 || TireFR &gt; 45) { System.out.println ("Pressure out of range"); goodPressure = false; } if (TireFL == TireFR) System.out.print (" "); else System.out.println ("Front tire pressures do not match"); System.out.println (" "); System.out.print ("Enter pressure of back left tire:"); TireBL = getDoubleSystem1 (); //read in an double from the user if (TireBL &lt; 35 || TireBL &gt; 45) { System.out.println ("Pressure out of range"); goodPressure = false; } System.out.print ("Enter pressure of back right tire:"); TireBR = getDoubleSystem1 (); //read in an double from the user if (TireBR &lt; 35 || TireBR &gt; 45) { System.out.println ("Pressure out of range"); goodPressure = false; } if (TireBL == TireBR) System.out.print (" "); else System.out.println ("Back tire pressures do not match"); if (goodPressure = true) System.out.println ("Inflation is OK."); else System.out.println ("Inflation is BAD."); System.out.println (goodPressure); } //mainmethod } // tirePressure Class </code></pre>
 

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