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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Geovani Estacio
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Geovani Estacio
Courses Plus Student 1,875 Points
Posted by Geovani Estacio
Geovani Estacio
Courses Plus Student 1,875 Points

How do I continually prompt the user in a do while loop. I been stuck on this challenge for two week's now, please help.

I been stuck on this, what am I missing or doing wrong? I've tried everything that was shown by Craig on the video.

Example.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?  ");
    if = (response.equals("no")) {
      console.printf("keep trying \n\n");
    }
  } while(response.equals("no");

2 Answers

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Geovani,

The first thing you'll want to do is to end your String declaration with a semicolon. I've left a comment below as to where this should happen. Next, there is no need for an if statement with this challenge. You simply need to continuously prompt the user until the value returned is something other than "No". The last thing to pay attention to is your while condition. You are missing a closing parenthesis. Notice the difference between while(response.equals("No"); and while(response.equals("No"));

String response; // Remember the semicolon
do {
  response = console.readLine("do you understand do while loops?");
} while(response.equals("No"));
Geovani Estacio
Geovani Estacio
Courses Plus Student 1,875 Points
Geovani Estacio
Geovani Estacio
Courses Plus Student 1,875 Points

Jacob, thank you for your help; you've help me get passed this challenge. you're a legend!!

Jenise Moody
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Jenise Moody
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Jenise Moody
Jenise Moody
Courses Plus Student 1,985 Points

I was stuck on this too. I was making it much harder than it needed to be. Thank you for posting this.