How to check empty spaces in java

Question

String selectedVal = "";

for (SelectItem item : filterItems) {
                selectedVal = item.getValue().toString();
                break;
            }

I am getting selectedVal=" " how to check this empty space in java.

I tried with if(!selectedVal.equals("") and if(!selectedVal.isEmpty()) but condition getting true.How to check more than one empty space ?

Answer 1

You can trim() your string before checking with isEmpty()

boolean isEmpty = myString.trim().isEmpty();

Beware of isEmpty(), it's only available since Java SE 6

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Resources :

• javadoc - String.trim()
• javadoc - String.isEmpty()