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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by sandeep Singh
sandeep Singh
381 Points

what's wrong

suggest me the instruction !

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.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample))
{
console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

You're very close. :-)

You just need to add a second if statement with the following sentence, checking the second variable against the first.

if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(secondExample))
{
console.printf("first and second are the same");
}

if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample))
{
console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}