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Remington Evert
2,654 PointsDon't Understand First Part of Challenge
I don't understand how to write the equals portion to actually compare the firstExample and secondExample.
I originally got past the first part of the challenge with if (firstExample.equals("hello")); but I don't see how that piece of code actually compares both values.
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Remington,
Instead of passing in the string "hello" you can pass in the variable secondExample
if (firstExample.equals(secondExample))
This will check if the 2 variables are equal,
The code you posted is checking if firstExample is equal to the string "hello" without taking into consideration the second variable.
Dylan Merritt
15,682 PointsCan you please post the exact question from the challenge you are referring to?