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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Mariano Giustozzi
Mariano Giustozzi
3,351 Points
Posted by Mariano Giustozzi
Mariano Giustozzi
3,351 Points

Cant understand this

I cant get this to work out

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String noun;
do {
response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");

} while (response);

1 Answer

Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points
Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points

There's a few problems here. For this challenge, you're supposed to store the user input inside of a variable called 'response'. You currently have this variable labeled as 'noun'. Secondly, you're supposed to run the do while loop while the user response equals 'no', instead of what you currently have, which is 'true'. You can still use the equalsIgnoreCase as you have for the challenge, however. Lastly, the prompt is asking you to congratulate the user if their response is anything other than 'no'.

Take a look here if you're stuck:

// 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.equalsIgnoreCase("no"));
console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test", response);