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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by typetypetypetype
typetypetypetype
Courses Plus Student 1,033 Points

Not a question - pointing out there is an error in the title. It says to end with the period outside of the quotes, WRNG

Not clear how to report misleading instructions, but it's a simple fix.

Even gramatically, you end a quote with the punctuation inside:

WRONG: print out "first and third are the same ignoring case".

RIGHT print out "first and third are the same ignoring case."

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");
}

if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) {
  console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}

if (firstExample.equalsIgnoreCase(thirdExample)) {
  console.printf("first and third are the same ignoring case");
}