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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Geovani Estacio
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Geovani Estacio
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Posted by Geovani Estacio
Geovani Estacio
Courses Plus Student 1,875 Points

Can anyone help me with equality's, I am stuck on this one. What am i missing here.

String firstExample = "hello"; if (firstExample.equals("secondExample") ) { console.printf("first is equal to second"); System.exit(0); } String secondExample = "hello"; String thirdExample = "HELLO";

Equality.java 
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
if (firstExample.equals("secondExample") ) {
  console.printf("first is equal to second");
  System.exit(0);
}
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,028 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,028 Points

There's a couple of things to try here.

First of all, you're passing in a String to the equals() method rather than a reference to secondExample.

Also, try storing all your variables above anything else in your code, so the method knows what the variables are, what they contain and what to do with them. :-)

Digvijay Katoch
Digvijay Katoch
1,637 Points
Digvijay Katoch
Digvijay Katoch
1,637 Points

Make it 

firstExample.equals(secondExample)

When you place something in double quotes, it becomes a string literal and that is what gets compared. You were trying to compare "hello" to "secondExample". You should be comparing "hello" to "hello". or firstExample to secondExample.

Also, create variables above the if statement.