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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Miguel Guzman-Melendez
Miguel Guzman-Melendez
581 Points
Posted by Miguel Guzman-Melendez
Miguel Guzman-Melendez
581 Points

I don't understand why this isn't working. This seem it should work. What did I did wrong here?

Error say make sure I use the variable firstExample use equalsIgnoreCase which i already did.

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("hello")){
console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}
Ankit Jaiswal
Ankit Jaiswal
1,250 Points

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

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

The post above about leaving the previous code in will solve the issue. But from a syntax point of view, you should be testing the contents of the variables, not testing a string object directly.

So, don't test against "hello", test against thirdExample:

if(firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)){
  // print the message
}

I hope that makes sense.

Steve.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

There is a note: Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task.

You are missing the code for task 1.