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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Michael Karp
Michael Karp
2,298 Points
Posted by Michael Karp
Michael Karp
2,298 Points

I dont get whats wrong

What am i doing wrong? It sends that I need to bind equalsIgnoreCase to firstExample

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 the same ignoring case"); 
}

1 Answer

Ronald Williams
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Ronald Williams
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Ronald Williams
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Looking at your answer compared to the code challenge, I can see that you have deleted the first part. It wants you to add a second if statement like this:

// 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(secondExample)) {
    console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) {
    console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case"); 
}