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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Somak Sengupta
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Somak Sengupta
Courses Plus Student 779 Points

whats the problem with my code

bummer : coming did you put prompting code in a do while block that is checking to see if (' whoequals.IgnoreCase("banana")?

KnockKnock.java
/*  So the age old knock knock joke goes like this:

    Person A:  Knock Knock.
    Person B:  Who's there?
    Person A:  Banana
    Person B:  Banana who?
    ...as long as Person A has answered Banana the above repeats endlessly
    ...assuming the person answers Orange we'd see
    Person B:  Orange who?
    ...and then the punchline.
    Person A:  Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?
    (It's a really bad joke that makes it sound like "Aren't you glad I didn't say Banana again?")

    Let's just assume the only two words passed in from the console from Person B are either banana or orange.
*/

// ====BEGIN PROMPTING CODE====

// Person A asks:
console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");

// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who:

// Person B responds:
String who;
do { who =  console.readLine("Who's there?  ");
    console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
    if (who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana"))
    { console.printf("banana who");}
   }
while( who.equalsIgnoreCase("orange"));
console.printf(  "Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?");


// ==== END PROMPTING CODE ====

2 Answers

Hi Somak,

Have a look through this post that goes through that challenge in some detail.

There's also this one.

Hope that helps!

Steve.

Did that work for you?

Steve.

Somak Sengupta
PLUS
Somak Sengupta
Courses Plus Student 779 Points

yes and no because the moment I read the question(in the forum) I realized the problem was with my thinking not my code and I knew exactly what to do. Thanks a lot. problem solved

OK - I'll close it off as answered anyway.

Steve.