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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

James Mackey
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James Mackey
Courses Plus Student 994 Points
Posted by James Mackey
James Mackey
Courses Plus Student 994 Points

there is probably a lotmore wrong here but it says it cant find symbol on the while loop line

Cant find how to get a response

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response; 
boolean anInvalidWord;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand while loops?" );
  anInvalidWord = response.equalsIgnoreCase("no"); 
  if (anInvalidWord) {
    console.printf(response);  }
   } 
     while (anInvalidWorld);

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi James - You're very close. There's no need for the boolean variable and you shouldn't print the response since the challenge is not asking for it:

// 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 while loops?" );
} while (response.equalsIgnoreCase("no"));
James Mackey
James Mackey
Courses Plus Student 994 Points
James Mackey
James Mackey
Courses Plus Student 994 Points

Thank you very much for the constructive answer.