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Start your free trialMichael Lennon
Courses Plus Student 1,894 PointsHow do I add an if statement?
String firstExample = "hello"; if (firstExample.equals ("hello")) { console.printf("first is equal to second\n"); System.exit(0); } String secondExample = "hello";
I have to add an if statement then print out "first is equal to second". Not sure what I am doing wrong...
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console.
String firstExample = "hello";
if (firstExample.equalssecondExample("hello")){
console.printf("first is equal to second.\n");
System.exit(0);
}
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsAdd the if statement after the variables are declared.
Steve
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Michael,
Your conditional test needs to look like:
if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)){
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
I hope that helps.
Steve.
Michael Lennon
Courses Plus Student 1,894 PointsWell Steve,
Thanks for the speedy response but it still wont compile. Impressive CV of points.
Appreciate you taking the time to help.
Michael
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsSteve Hunter
57,712 PointsSorry - I was out of the house earlier, hence the quick response.
You have used
secondExample
in your code before it has been defined. At the point your code is testing whetherfirstExample
is equal tosecondExample
, the second variable doesn't yet exist.So, the code should look like:
This way, all the variables are declared and initialised before they are used.
I hope that makes sense.
Steve.