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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Nicholas Cawthon-Church
Nicholas Cawthon-Church
535 Points
Posted by Nicholas Cawthon-Church
Nicholas Cawthon-Church
535 Points

fisrtExample = secondExample

cant see where I'm in the wrong.

Equality.java 
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
if (firstExample = secondExample) {
  console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";

1 Answer

Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Nicholas;

You are very close, but you need to use the equality checking operator, ==, not the assignment operator =. So your if statement would look like:

if (firstName == secondName) {
    // do something magical here
}

Post back if you are still stuck.

Happy coding,
Ken

Nicholas Cawthon-Church
Nicholas Cawthon-Church
535 Points
Nicholas Cawthon-Church
Nicholas Cawthon-Church
535 Points

Thank you again Kent, I guess I didn't catch that in the video. Do you know if this is the same java as I will soon learn in college?

Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Re: College
It should be, they might concentrate on a different language level, but by in large it should be the same.

Happy coding,
Ken