How to compare user input in unix [duplicate]

Question

So I'm writing a simple script and I cant seem to get it to work. It throws a error at the if statement.

#!/bin/bash
echo "Whats your name ?"
read NAME

if [$NAME == "SSJ" ]
then
  echo "Welcome back SSJ"
fi

Answer 1

Do it like this:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Whats your name ?"
read name

if [ "$name" = "SSJ" ]
then
  echo "Welcome back SSJ"
fi