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Matthew Maslow
454 PointsI am having trouble figuring out the ignorecase if statement condition
It keeps saying there is a syntax error and I cannot figure out why
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console.
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
if (firstExample == secondExample){
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
if (thirdExample.equalsIgnoringCase("hello")){
console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}
1 Answer
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Jason Larson
8,359 PointsThe method is equalsIgnoreCase()
. You have equalsIgnoringCase()
.
Try this:
if (thirdExample.equalsIgnoreCase("hello")){
console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}