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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

definition of String who is outside the do block keep getting an error message

My definition of the "String Who;" is outside the do block ... Error message keeps asking me to move it outside the do block.

I kinda feel like this is the opening scene to Super Troopers - Where the kids are pulled over but the cop keeps asking them to pull over - and the drivers response is " I'm already pulled over, I can't pull over any further".

My String Who definition is already out side of the do block, I can't get it any more out side the do block.

What can I do ...

Thanks

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====
String Who;
do {
// Person A asks:
console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");

// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who:
String who = console.readLine("Who's there?  ");

// Person B responds:
console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
}
while(who.equals("banan"));
// ==== END PROMPTING CODE ====

What is the error message?

4 Answers

String Who;

Should be:

String who;

When I hit the check work button it comes back with "Bummer, remember to move the definition of String Who outside the do block ... Which I have done.

I actually get a error code when I use the "who" with a lower case .. but that is not what is stopping me from moving forward - It is telling me that I need to definition of string who outside the do block which it is.

Haig Sakouyan
Haig Sakouyan
409 Points

Remove 'String' from the below line of code

String who = console.readLine("Who's there?  ");

I was stuck on this challenge and this post helped me as well. Thanks!