i cant seem to get this to wrong.. one or the other goes wrong..can
someone tlel me whats worng with this code
Display the name of the family member who has the longest first name
(not the longest of the total name) as following. (If there is a
tie, just display one of the two.)
*/
import javax.swing.*;
public class MyJavaArray {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Step 1
String firstPerson;
String secondPerson;
String thirdPerson;
// Step 2
firstPerson = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter your
name");
secondPerson = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter your
name");
thirdPerson = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter your
name");
//Step 3
// creating the two arrays
String[] firstPersonName = new String[2];
String[] secondPersonName = new String[2];
String[] thirdPersonName = new String[2];
// splitting the two names into the newly created array
firstPersonName = firstPerson.split(" ");
secondPersonName = secondPerson.split(" ");
thirdPersonName = thirdPerson.split(" ");
// Step 4
if (firstPersonName[0].length() >
secondPersonName[0].length() )
if (firstPersonName[0].length() <
thirdPersonName[0].length()) {
System.out.println(thirdPersonName[0] + " has longer
first name than " + secondPersonName[0] + " and " +
firstPersonName[0]);
} if (firstPersonName[0].length() ==
secondPersonName[0].length()) {
System.out.println(secondPersonName[0] + "'s first name
is the same length as " + firstPersonName[0] + "'s first name.");
} else if (firstPersonName[0].length() ==
thirdPersonName[0].length()) {
System.out.println(thirdPersonName[0] + "'s first name
is the same length as " + firstPersonName[0] + "'s first name.");
} else if (secondPersonName[0].length() >
thirdPersonName[0].length()) {
System.out.println(secondPersonName[0] + " has longer
first name than " + thirdPersonName[0] + " and " +
firstPersonName[0]);
} else
System.out.println(firstPersonName[0] + " has longer
name than " + secondPersonName[0] + " and " + thirdPersonName[0]);
}
}
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