Checking Multiple strings with if, else if statement

Question

I am creating a simple lift programme in java. I want to to have four users that are allowed to use the lift i have already got it working for 1 but i cant figure out how to check multiple strings using the one if statement.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Username

{
public static void main (String[]args)
{

    Scanner kb = new Scanner (System.in);
    String name; 


    System.out.println("Enter your name");
    name = kb.nextLine();
    if (name.equals("barry "))
        System.out.println("you are verified you may use the lift");


    Scanner f = new Scanner(System.in);
    int floor;


    System.out.println("What floor do you want to go to ");
    floor = f.nextInt();

    if (floor >7)
        System.out.println("Invalid entry");
    else if (floor <= 7)
        System.out.println("Entry valid");



    }

    }

Answer 1

Check out this related question:

Test if a string contains any of the strings from an array

Basically, put the names into an Array of strings, and compare the name entered with each name in the Array.

Answer 2

Use the OR symbol "||" or "|".

Such as if (name.equals("barry ") || name.equals("sara"))

For future reference the difference between the two is "||" short circuits. In this situtation, if barry is the name then the second statement for checking against sara will never be executed.

Answer 3

basically, you need an "Or" gate, this would work:

if(name.equals("name1")||name.equals("name2")||name.equals("name3"))

etc...