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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Posted by Gabriel E
Gabriel E
8,916 Points

Totally clueless on task 2 of 3 for perfecting prototypes.

Hi there,

I am supposed to continually prompt the user on the question "do you understand do while loops", as long as they say no. I am totally stuck on how to continually prompt them using do while loops. Could you give me some help please? Thanks!

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response;
boolean isInvalidWord;
do {
response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
isInvalidWord = (response.equalIgnoreCase("no"));
  while(isInvalidWord) }
coder5837
coder5837
1,535 Points

I think that you forgot the period in between equal and ignorecase!

1 Answer

Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points
Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points

There is no need to initialize a new variable called isInvalidWord. Just use the equalsIgnoreCase mathod on the response variable like so:

String response;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
} while (response.equalsIgnoreCase("no"));