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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

mohan babu
mohan babu
417 Points
Posted by mohan babu
mohan babu
417 Points

not sure what is the error here

I'm getting constant error stating"cannot find the symbol".

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

1 Answer

Michael Liebegott
Michael Liebegott
3,960 Points
Michael Liebegott
Michael Liebegott
3,960 Points

Hey Mohan!

Simple mistake: you misspelled the "equalsIgnoreCase" method and instead wrote "equalsIngnoreCase".

Your code: 

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

Change it to:

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

Hope this helps! :-)