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Posted by Tinei Chinama
Tinei Chinama
724 Points

JavaTester.java:112: error: variable response is already defined in method run() String response; ^ 1 error

im getting this error my code is like this:

String response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
String response;
boolean isInvalidWord;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
  isInvalidWord = (response.equalsIgnoreCase("No"));
if (isInvalidWord) {
  console.printf("Try again. \n\n");
     }
   }while(isInvalidWord);

1 Answer

Tinei Chinama
Tinei Chinama
724 Points
Tinei Chinama
Tinei Chinama
724 Points

oooh finally got it right!!!!!

String response;
boolean isInvalidWord;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
  isInvalidWord = (response.equalsIgnoreCase("No"));
if (isInvalidWord) {
  console.printf("Try again. \n\n");
     }
   }while(isInvalidWord);