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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

stephen crayton
stephen crayton
405 Points
Posted by stephen crayton
stephen crayton
405 Points

Not sure where I'm going wrong

Getting the below error JavaTester.java:107: error: ')' expected if ("%s"firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase("s%",secondExample)) ^ JavaTester.java:107: error: ';' expected if ("%s"firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase("s%",secondExample)) ^ 2 errors

1 Answer

Andrew Stevens
Andrew Stevens
11,083 Points
Andrew Stevens
Andrew Stevens
11,083 Points

It is difficult to answer where you are potentially going wrong without the code you have written. This is what I wrote to pass the tests:

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");
}