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Java Java Objects (Retired) Meet Objects Welcome Back

Posted by aditya kumar
aditya kumar
Courses Plus Student 626 Points

use of boolean operator "=="

how to use "==" operator in java-repl for compareing two no a == b; is giving illeagal start of expression

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

HI aditya,

How are you going with the boolean operator problem ? Do you need more explanation?

Could you mark my answer as best, if it was helpful so other Java-Fighters could see it.

Grigorij

1 Answer

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi aditya,

have you declared a and b before comparing them ?

If you code:

java-repl
java> String a = "a";
java.lang.String a = "a"

java> String b = "a";
java.lang.String b = "a"

java> boolean equal = a==b;
boolean equal = true

This should work fine

Grigorij