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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by chad geiger
chad geiger
186 Points

Cant figure out this question

I cant figure out this question

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

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Chad,

There are actually 3 errors here:

  1. secondExample cannot be in quotation marks. You are comparing the values inside the variables. Once you put quotes around it, you turn it into a string. So, it's comparing the first value to the literal "secondExample".
  2. You have an opening curly instead of a closing one for the end of the if statement.
  3. And very important... The if statement needs to come after the variable declarations. At the top, like you have now, the if statement has no idea the firstExample or the secondExample variable even exist, so you would get a compiler error. In Java, and almost all languages, variables need to be declared before they can be used.

So, give it another go with these in mind. Once those are corrected, the code will pass. :)

Keep Coding! :dizzy: