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Abhilasha jangid
2,925 Pointswhat i missed
what about my synex..
// 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 "hello"){
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
2 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsThe syntax error stems from the fact that you don't have any parenthesis following the equals method. Whenever you are calling any method you have to use parenthesis, and when passing data into it that data has to go inside of those parenthesis.
On top of that there is another issue with your code. Which is the fact that you are not meant to manually type in the contents of secondExample in your code. You are meant to have Java compare them by simply referencing the variable itself. Like this:
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
if(firstExample.equals(secondExample)){ // Added parenthesis and changed "hello" to secondExample
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 Pointsequals is a function.
// 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( "hello") ){
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
Also they expect you to mention the variable name, rather then specifying the value of "secondExample" variable.