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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype String Equality

Posted by Christopher Blackwell
Christopher Blackwell
2,760 Points

don't know how to write if statement to compare firstExample = "hello" to secondExample = "hello"

this is the challenge Task 1 of 2 after doing equals practice

Equality.java 
// I have imported a java.io.Console for you, it is named console. 
String firstExample = "hello";
String secondExample = "hello";
String thirdExample = "HELLO";

1 Answer

George Pirchalaishvili
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 Points

You can try something like this:

if (firstExample.equals(secondExample)){
 console.printf ("first is equal to second");
}
Christopher Blackwell
Christopher Blackwell
2,760 Points

Thanks for the help, I was over thinking it not just following the previous exercise as I should have.

George Pirchalaishvili
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 Points

No problem :) Gl in the future course ;)