Thread: a persistent error

please help me.

i dont know why this keeps happening


Program 21: Middle.java
Write a program that will receive a person’s full name in one String object (don’t read in 3 names). Then receive a second person’s full name. Print out whether the 2 people have the same middle name or not. Do this 3 times.

the error is: --------------------Configuration: <Default>--------------------
incompatible types
found : boolean
required: java.lang.String
String comparison= nametwo.equals(nameone);
^
1 error

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import java.lang.String;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Middle
{
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   {
   Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
   System.out.println("Please enter your full name");
   String nameone=input.nextLine();
   System.out.println ("Please enter another user's full name");
   String nametwo=input.nextLine();
 
   String comparison= nametwo.equals(nameone);
 
   if(nametwo.equals(nameone))
   {
           System.out.println (nameone   + "and" + nametwo +  "have the same middle name");
   }
   else
   {
           System.out.println (" The two names entered don't have the same middle name. ");
   }
 
  }
 
}

.equals() returns a boolean, you can't put it in a string.

boolean middleNamesMatch = nameTwo.equals(nameOne);

However, you're already checking this in the if statement, so this is completely redundant.