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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by Brad Gorman
Brad Gorman
950 Points

I've gone over this a fair amount and I can't seem to figure out what I've done wrong here. Help? :)

Trying to best this coding challenge and I can't figure out what's wrong with my code that's causing the compiling error. Any help would be appreciated.

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.equals(secondExample)) {
  console.printf("first is equal to second")
}

2 Answers

Marie Franklin
Marie Franklin
13,355 Points
Marie Franklin
Marie Franklin
13,355 Points

you forgot to add semicolon in the 1st statement inside if-clause 

if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)) {
  console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
Brad Gorman
Brad Gorman
950 Points
Brad Gorman
Brad Gorman
950 Points

Thanks! Amazing how a simple character can teardown the rest of your code :)