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Krishna Lala
719 PointsNot sure why my code is not compiling
Am I not declaring something correctly here?
// 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");
System.exit(0);
}
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe code is technically sound, but it performs an exit, which is not asked for in the instructions and the challenge evaluator treats it as an error.
Be careful in challenges to do only what the instructions ask for!