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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Mohamed Yussry
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Mohamed Yussry
Courses Plus Student 204 Points

i think this area is bugged

// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. String firstExample = "hello"; if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase("HELLO")){ console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case"); } String secondExample = "hello"; String thirdExample = "HELLO";

this is what i wrote yet it keeps saying make sure you are using equalsIgnoreCase variable and console.printf

Equality.java
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase("HELLO")){
  console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";

1 Answer

Hello Mohamed Yussry, I went through the challenge myself to see what was happening. First it wants you to check to see if the variables are equal like this "firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)", you just typed in your own string to test against. This would also require placing the if statement after the String thirdExample = "HELLO"; declaration. I believe the challenge was also expecting to still see the code you wrote in the first part of the challenge, because it says to add an addition if statement.

Should look like this:

String firstExample = "hello"; String secondExample = "hello"; String thirdExample = "HELLO"; if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)) { console.printf("first is equal to second"); } if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) { console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case"); }