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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Thomas Rossini
Thomas Rossini
544 Points
Posted by Thomas Rossini
Thomas Rossini
544 Points

console does not see console.printf ?

console doesnt see my console.printf code???

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.equalsIgnoreCase("No"));
      if (response.equalsIgnoreCase("yes"));   {
            console.printf("because you said yes you passed");
      }
   } while (isInvalidWord);

1 Answer

Graham Huelscher
Graham Huelscher
7,003 Points
Graham Huelscher
Graham Huelscher
7,003 Points

The issue is that you hard coded the "yes". You need to dynamically pass the response variable into the console.printf.

Try console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test!", response);