Any problems with my do while loop?

Question

I am working on a task of a do while loop. The question goes like this: prompt the user in a do while loop. The loop should continue running as long as the response is No. 
My answer: 
String response =console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
boolean answerIsNo;
  do{
    answerIsNo = (response.equalIgnoreCase("no"));
    if(answerIsNo)
    {
      console.printf("are you sure? ");
}
     while(answerIsNo);
  }
Any problem with my code??Thanks
Example.java
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response =console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");

Daniel Hartin · Answer

Hi Manlau
It looks to me like your loop syntax is correct however if you are trying to pass the task you have linked to you, i'm not quite sure.I have passed the task you have linked to using the code below if you need something to compare to.
```Java
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response = "";
do{
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
}while(response.equals("No"));
console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test!",response);
```
P.s if you get chance follow the link on this page (marked: markdown cheatsheet) for information on syntax highligthing as it makes it really hard to read your code without it :)
Thanks
Daniel

Paul Ryan · Answer

java
String response;
do{
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
}while(response.equals("No"));

You can simply just check the response value each time. This eliminates the need for you to use a boolean as the equals method will return a boolean.
if you have any queries about this, just ask.

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Any problems with my do while loop?

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