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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by David Shepke
David Shepke
2,787 Points

Equals Challenge Task

Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. A bit stuck could use some outside eyes to shed some light on my mistake.

Equality.java 
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase("secondExample")) {
   console.printf("first is equal to second. Exiting. \n\n");
   System.exit(0);
}
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
David Shepke
David Shepke
2,787 Points

Thank you that helped out a lot!

1 Answer

zlatkap
zlatkap
21,494 Points
zlatkap
zlatkap
21,494 Points

Hello David! In this assignment, you are comparing variable strings firstExample and secondExample. So you should not use use double quotes on secondExample in brackets. In double quotes, it is considered literal string and not variable.