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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Posted by Michael Noble
Michael Noble
Courses Plus Student 215 Points

not clear enough

Can I have a little more explanation please? I've done this exercise 30 different time already.

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
String response = "no";
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

James South is correct. console object is of type java.io.Console. readline method accepts argument of prompt and returns the line of text the user enters. To use the text returned, it makes sense to assign it to a variable.

2 Answers

Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points
Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points

The console.readLine gets whatever the user types in which is a string, so do the following: String response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?"); This gets the response and stores it in the response variable. Hope this help!