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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

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

if statement firstExample/secondExample

Add an if statement that checks to see if firstExample is equal to secondExample. If it is, print out "first is equal to second". 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. Exiting. \n\n");
  System.exit(0);
}

2 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

If you follow what Caleb and Andren have suggested, and also make sure your output string exactly matches what the challenge is expecting - i.e. remove "Exiting \n\n" - your code should pass.

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

You need to make sure you are checking the contents of the variables, and not the titles.

Double check this snippet:

firstExample.equals("secondExample")
andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

On top of that he needs to remove this line:

System.exit(0);

As explicitly exiting the application messes up the challenge checker.