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Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Pointsif statement firstExample
help Add an if statement that checks to see if firstExample is equal to secondExample. If it is, print out "first is equal to second".
// 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. Exiting. \n\n");
System.exit(0);
}
4 Answers
Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 PointsDon't put quotes around secondExample. You need it to read the string stored in the variable secondExample (in this case "hello"), not to read a string literal "secondExample"
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 PointsThanks but it didnt work
Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 PointsYou also need to remove "System.exit(0)" from your code. Also please only print what the challenge needs you to print. So remove "Exiting /n/n" or any other extra stuff you're tempted to add. The tests are automatic and will check for exact wording.
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 PointsHello Enyang,
I think you need to change this line in your code. secondExample is a variable. if(firstExample.equals(secondExample)) { I hope this is helpful to you, Mark