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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by Justin Rose
Justin Rose
12,842 Points

problem with if statement

Ok so im doing the challenge 1 of equality.java. Im trying to create the if statement to complete this excercise. i seen java error 80 but cant make sense of it. here is my code, How do i execute this,

thanks Justin

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.equals(secondExample)) {
  console.printf("first is equal to second");
  System.exit(0);
}

2 Answers

Mikael Enarsson
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Points
Mikael Enarsson
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Points

Removing "System.exit(0)" seems to fix it, although I don't know why it wouldn't work with it in there. It led me to some interesting discussions as to the value/safety of using it, so that was interesting ^^

Timothy Rimnac
Timothy Rimnac
26,219 Points
Timothy Rimnac
Timothy Rimnac
26,219 Points

It's most likely the way that the validator on the challenge is set up. Adding in the "System.exit(0);" most likely will force it to end earlier than the validator wants it to. That's just a guess.