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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

blake littleton
blake littleton
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Posted by blake littleton
blake littleton
14,255 Points

Having trouble with this question...I'm not sure where I'm going wrong.

I got the first part of the task right. Now I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

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

3 Answers

Livia Galeazzi
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Livia Galeazzi
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Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 Points

Check your curly braces. Each "if" needs its own code block, defined by a set of curly braces.

Digvijay Katoch
Digvijay Katoch
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Digvijay Katoch
Digvijay Katoch
1,637 Points 
if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)){
blah
}
if (firstExample.equalsIgnorecase(thirdExample))
blah
}

Semi-colons, curly braces, and case-sensitivity - 3 things to check for when you write something and it doesn't work.

blake littleton
blake littleton
14,255 Points
blake littleton
blake littleton
14,255 Points

Thanks I got it now I appreciate it