Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, First Edition

String Comparison

What if a player were to order something other than Dragon’s Breath? toDragonSpeak would still be called. This is not what you want.

Add a conditional to Tavern.kt’s placeOrder function to skip calling toDragonSpeak if the player did not order Dragon’s Breath:

Listing 7.6  Comparing strings in placeOrder (Tavern.kt)

...

private fun placeOrder(menuData: String) {
    ...
    val phrase = "Ah, delicious $name!"
    println("Madrigal exclaims: ${toDragonSpeak(phrase)}")

    val phrase = if (name == "Dragon's Breath") {
        "Madrigal exclaims ${toDragonSpeak("Ah, delicious $name!")}"
    } else {
        "Madrigal says: Thanks for the $name."
    }
    println(phrase)
}

Comment out your Dragon’s Breath order in the main function – we will return to ...