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Start your free trialLucas Easley
1,038 PointsChallenge Task 1 of 2
I’m stuck on Challenge Task 1 of 2
‘Add an if statement that checks to see if firstExample is equal to secondExample. If it is, print out "first is equal to second".’
Attached is what I’ve submitted, please let me know what I’m missing. 😊
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console.
String firstExample = "hello";
if (firstExamples.equals(secondExample)){
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsYou're close, but there's two issues:
- "firstExamples" should be spelled "firstExample" (singular)
- the new code should come after the provided code (so "secondExample" gets defined before using it)
Lucas Easley
1,038 PointsLucas Easley
1,038 Pointsokay, I've updated my code to the below but i'm still receiving an error message :((
// 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"); }
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsSteven Parker
231,269 PointsVariable names should never be enclosed in quotes. Apparently, when moving the code down to the end, some quotes got added around the argument to the
equals
method.