Dropdown help java

I am trying to get dropdown list value from form and back to form if someone is updating existing record.. I tried to do this way..

public String getOptionDropDownList()
    {

        if(getOption().compareTo("Y") == 0)
                _ddlOpt开发者_运维知识库ion.setSelectedItem("Y");
        else {(getOption().compareTo("N") == 0)
                _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
        }
        return _ddlOption.getHTMLString();
    }

but i am getting this error..

compile:
     [exec] com\jack\example\SampleBean.java:161: not a statement
     [exec]             else (getOption().compareTo("N") == 0)
     [exec]                      ^
     [exec] com\jack\example\SampleBean.java:162: ';' expected
     [exec]                             _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
     [exec]                                 ^
     [exec] 2 errors

Can somebody explain to me what I am doing wrong, or is there other way to do this?

ddlOption is declared as new Dropdown getOption holds what is in the database

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Not else. You should write

else if (getOption().compareTo("N") == 0) { 
   _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
}

You should write getOption().equals("N") instead of getOption().compareTo("N") == 0 it's easier to read.

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You seem to have missed the "if" after else

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I think you meant do have an else if statement like this one:

else if (getOption().compareTo("N") == 0) {
  _ddlOption.setSelectedItem("N");
}