Using string equality Challenge Task 2 of 2

Question

Below is the question and my code along with the error. At first I thought I needed to put a curly brace at the beginning of the line after the print statement and it still didn't run. Please help provide a hint
Challenge Task 2 of 2
Add another if statement that checks if the firstExample is equal ignoring case to thirdExample. If it, is print out "first and third are the same ignoring case".
A)if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase("HELLO")) {
   console.prinf("first and third are the same ignoring case.

." );
JavaTester.java:135: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void pass() {
  ^
JavaTester.java:135: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void pass() {
          ^
JavaTester.java:135: error: ';' expected
  private static void pass() {
                ^
JavaTester.java:135: error: ';' expected
  private static void pass() {
                            ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void fail(String hint) {
  ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void fail(String hint) {
          ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: ';' expected
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: ')' expected
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                                 ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                                      ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: ';' expected
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                                       ^
10 errors

Ted Clayton · Answer

Amulya,
I used the curly brace as you said and still it wouldn't compile.

Amulya Arora · Answer

Hey Ted, 
In the answer you have just given above:
in the second task, you forgot to put the closing curly brace '}' of the if statement 
java 
if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) { 
console.prinf("first and third are the same ignoring case.

." );

The actual code should be:
java
if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) { 
console.prinf("first and third are the same ignoring case.

." );
}

I hope this helps...

Ted Clayton · Answer

// 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.prinf("first and third are the same ignoring case.

." );
JavaTester.java:135: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void pass() {
  ^
JavaTester.java:135: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void pass() {
          ^
JavaTester.java:135: error: ';' expected
  private static void pass() {
                ^
JavaTester.java:135: error: ';' expected
  private static void pass() {
                            ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void fail(String hint) {
  ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void fail(String hint) {
          ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: ';' expected
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: ')' expected
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                                 ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: illegal start of expression
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                                      ^
JavaTester.java:139: error: ';' expected
  private static void fail(String hint) {
                                       ^
JavaTester.java:142: error: reached end of file while parsing
}
 ^
11 errors

Ted Clayton · Answer

Amulya,
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/java-basics/perfecting-the-prototype/string-equality

Amulya Arora · Answer

can you please give the link to the challenge

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Using string equality Challenge Task 2 of 2

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