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Osman Mukhwana
Courses Plus Student 488 Pointsv
I am running into the following error, while, trying to prompt the user continually to give a different response from "No" using the do while loop:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java head space
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
//boolean invalidResponse = (response.equals("No"));
do{
if (response.equals("No")){
console.printf("Please enter another response");
}
}while(response.equals("No"));
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there, Osman Mukhwana! I received your request for assistance. Derek is correct. You have set up what could potentially be an infinite loop which is why it says it's running out of memory. You start by declaring a variable named response and setting it to what the user types in. But then you never give the user a chance to enter another value. You print out a prompt for it, but there's not a line inside your do while loop that actually reads in their new response. So response will only ever be whatever they first put in.
Try this:
- Declare response to hold an empty string
- Inside the
doread in the response from the user and set response equal to what the user types in. This will overwrite the currently empty string inside ofresponse - Then check if the user's response was "No"
Hope this helps, but let me know if you're still stuck!
Derek Markman
16,291 PointsFirst off I would change the title of this forum thread "V" just isn't acceptable. Secondly, you need to put the readLine statement inside of the "Do" portion of the loop, and delete the if-statement, It's completely redundant seeing as how you're already checking for a response in the "While" portion of your loop. With those changes I'm sure it will pass.
Osman Mukhwana
Courses Plus Student 488 PointsOsman Mukhwana
Courses Plus Student 488 PointsThank you Jennifer.