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Start your free trialOladapo Oyatayo
Courses Plus Student 428 Pointshow do I make two strings equal each other in an if statement?
I need to make two strings equal each other in this if statement
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console.
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";
if(firstExample.eqauls("hello")) && (secondExample.equals("hello")){
console.printf("first is equal to second");
}
2 Answers
Agnes Demes
6,613 PointsChecking if their equal, you could try instead of the AND operator use the == double equal
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 PointsGood Evening Oladapo,
On your fifth line, you misspelled your first equals which I think is the reason for an error.