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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Håvard Hardy
Håvard Hardy
370 Points
Posted by Håvard Hardy
Håvard Hardy
370 Points

If statment and String..

Hi. So im stuck.. and cant see why it dosent work, tried many variations now, but dont really understand this.

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 (String firstExample = String secondExample) {
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}

2 Answers

Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth
1,578 Points
Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth
1,578 Points

Try removing the word "string" from the conditional statement. Like this:

if (firstExample = secondExample) {
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}

I haven't programmed in Java for a while now, so I might be wrong.

Amulya Arora
Amulya Arora
6,133 Points
Amulya Arora
Amulya Arora
6,133 Points

There should be double equals in the if statement because double equals checks the equality of the Strings..

Amulya Arora
Amulya Arora
6,133 Points
Amulya Arora
Amulya Arora
6,133 Points

the code should be 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 == secondExample) { console.printf("first is equal to second"); }