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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by aa116
aa116
1,823 Points

What am I missing/ doing wrong?

my challenge is Add an if statement that checks to see if firstExample is equal to secondExample. If it is, print out "first is equal to second". but i don't know what is am missing/ doing wrong.

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("secondEample")) 
  console.printf("first is equal to second");

1 Answer

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Aimee,

see my correction:

String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)) {
// a typo inside secondEample -> x is missing
// removed the quotes because you comparing to a variable called secondExample that holds a string

  console.printf("first is equal to second");
}

// curly brackets added

Let me know if this was helpful

Grigorij

aa116
aa116
1,823 Points

Thank you so much, I now understand.

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Aimee,

you are very welcome !!

See you in the forum

G