Null Pointer Exception after checking with 'if' statement

Question

I\'m getting a really annoying error, saying I\'m getting a null pointer exception but there\'s an if statement to check to see if the text is null before proceeding:

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Answer 1

 if(Text.equals(null));

The above will throw a NullPointerException each time Text is null. Anytime you use the "." operator on null you get a NullPointerException.

If you are getting a NPE after if(Text != null), please post the stack trace.