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Java

Posted by Wendell Robinson
Wendell Robinson
510 Points

Can tell me what I'm do wrong in this Java Basic challenge.

What's wrong with this code?

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

I'm expecting it to print "first is equal to second" to the console.

Kyle Pontius
Kyle Pontius
6,190 Points

What error are you getting, or what is actually happening? This looks fairly straightforward, but that info may be helpful.

Stephen Bone
Stephen Bone
12,359 Points

HI Wendell

I've copied and pasted your code into a workspace and it returned the the string you expected.

I think as Kyle has said the exact error message may help us identify the issue.

3 Answers

Michael van Olst
Michael van Olst
14,526 Points

I've have been running this code challenge myself just a moment ago. You should be leaving the System.exit out of there.

Hope this helps.

Wendell Robinson
Wendell Robinson
510 Points
Wendell Robinson
Wendell Robinson
510 Points

Thanks Michael, Once I removed the System.exit it was all good.

Michael van Olst
Michael van Olst
14,526 Points

You're welcome!

Kyle Pontius
Kyle Pontius
6,190 Points
Kyle Pontius
Kyle Pontius
6,190 Points

I've reviewed your code for a few minutes, and the most prominent issue I'm seeing is that you're trying to print to the command line using console.prinf(...). My guess is that you need System.out.println(...) instead. This is the more conventional way of printing to the console.

Your logic all looks fine, let me know if this isn't what you're looking for.

Stephen Bone
Stephen Bone
12,359 Points

I think you would normally be right but within this course it demonstrates using console.printf()