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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Yaser Abidakadr
Yaser Abidakadr
1,935 Points
Posted by Yaser Abidakadr
Yaser Abidakadr
1,935 Points

Error message

I am doing everything right but i am not getting the result

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.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample))
{console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}

1 Answer

Olga Ivancic
Olga Ivancic
8,137 Points
Olga Ivancic
Olga Ivancic
8,137 Points

I think the problem is that maybe the task is TO ADD an if statement, and you replaced it instead? Here is the code that worked for me for the second challenge:

// 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"); }

if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) { console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case"); }