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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Alexander Nowak
Alexander Nowak
498 Points
Posted by Alexander Nowak
Alexander Nowak
498 Points

"if" statements

Could someone please tell me where I'm going wrong this the question?

Thank you!

Equality.java 
String firstExample = ("firstExample");
String secoundExample = ("secoundExample');
                         if firstExample = secoundExample {
  console.printf("first is equal to second");
                         }

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Alexander,

Your starting position is this - that's what the challenge gives you:

// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";

The question is Add an if statement that checks to see if firstExample is equal to secondExample. If it is, print out "first is equal to second"

We're asked to compare to strings to see if they are equal. If they are, print something out, else do nothing. Every String has an equals() method that allows you to test if one string is the same as another. We want to see if firstExample equals secondExample. That looks like:

if(firstExample.equals(secondExample)){
  console.printf("first is equal to second");
}

I hope that helps!

Steve.