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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Enyang Mercy
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Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points
Posted by Enyang Mercy
Enyang Mercy
Courses Plus Student 2,339 Points

firstExample equals to thirdExample ignoring case

help please

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

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

You haven't closed your first if statement. Add a closing curly brace before the second if statement begins.

Also, check your method name. I think it should be .equalsIgnoreCase().

Make sense?

Steve.