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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Abdulrahman Mousa
Abdulrahman Mousa
2,276 Points
Posted by Abdulrahman Mousa
Abdulrahman Mousa
2,276 Points

Add an if statement that checks to see if firstExample is equal to secondExample. If it is, print out "first is equal to

what should i do i am stuck in this question

Equality.java 
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";

  if (firstExample.equals(secondExample))
    {   
      console.printf("first is equal to second \n");
    } 
  System.exit(0);

   }
Abdulrahman Mousa
Abdulrahman Mousa
2,276 Points
Abdulrahman Mousa
Abdulrahman Mousa
2,276 Points

ow should i write if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(secondExample))

Abdulrahman Mousa
Abdulrahman Mousa
2,276 Points
Abdulrahman Mousa
Abdulrahman Mousa
2,276 Points

ow i tried with Ignore case still not working

2 Answers

Kirill Dakhnyuk
Kirill Dakhnyuk
7,073 Points
Kirill Dakhnyuk
Kirill Dakhnyuk
7,073 Points

Hi! if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)) { console.printf("first is equal to second %n"); } this should help :)

Phillip Holland
Phillip Holland
7,211 Points
Phillip Holland
Phillip Holland
7,211 Points

Either you're missing "public static void main(string[] args){" at the top, or you're not supposed to include "system.exit(0); }" at the bottom. Just a guess though, because I can't find this specific challenge to try it.

Phillip Holland
Phillip Holland
7,211 Points
Phillip Holland
Phillip Holland
7,211 Points

I found the challenge, you just need to remove the "system.exit(0); }" at the bottom.