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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Pranshu Mittal
Pranshu Mittal
4,276 Points
Posted by Pranshu Mittal
Pranshu Mittal
4,276 Points

Unable to identify the error in code

Don't know why it is giving an error!

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You may have overlooked this hint in the instructions "Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task."

So the code created in task 1 should remain as-is when the task 2 code is added after it.