Errors with method on string called contains: 1) boolean cannot be dereferenced; 2) error ';' is expected;

Just taking a quick look over your code (haven't run tests on it). isInvalidWord is a boolean not a string, so it does not have the contains method. Likely what you are trying to do is call the contains method on the noun variable and set isInvalidWord to the result. Try this

isInvalidWord = noun.contains("dork", "jerk");

Your method seems to be different than what is taught. Try:

isInvalidWord = (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk"));

So I understand if variable is boolean I cannot search within it? but if I assign it to another variable (in this case "noun") I can? confused....

Thanks for your answers

Alright, so I've tried

isInvalidWord = noun.contains("dork", "jerk");

TreeStory.java:26: error: method contains in class String cannot be applied to given types;                                  
        isInvalidWord = noun.contains("dork", "jerk");                                                                       
                            ^                                                                                                
  required: CharSequence                                                                                                     
  found: String,String                                                                                                       
  reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length                                                                  
1 error          

I've also tried

isInvalidWord = noun.containsIgnoreCase("dork", "jerk", "dorkjerk", "jerkdork");

as per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14018478/string-contains-ignore-case and got the following error

TreeStory.java:27: error: cannot find symbol                                                                                 
        isInvalidWord = noun.containsIgnoreCase("dork", "jerk", "dorkjerk", "jerkdork");                                     
                            ^                                                                                                
  symbol:   method containsIgnoreCase(String,String,String,String)                                                           
  location: variable noun of type String                                                                                     
1 error 

here is my full code (I've commented out line 26 isInvalidWord = noun.contains("dork", "jerk"); here)

import java.io.Console;

public class TreeStory {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console console = System.console();
        /*  Some terms:
            noun - Person, place or thing
            verb - An action
            adjective - A description used to modify or describe a noun
            Enter your amazing code here!
        */
      String ageAsString = console.readLine("How old are you?  ");
      int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString);
      if (age < 13) { 
        //Insert exit code
        console.printf("Sorry you must be 13 yo or older to use this app\n");
        System.exit(0);
      }
      String name = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");
      String adjective = console.readLine("Provide an adjective:  ");
      String noun;
      boolean isInvalidWord;
      do {
        noun = console.readLine("Enter a noun:  ");
        //isInvalidWord = noun.contains("dork", "jerk");
        isInvalidWord = noun.containsIgnoreCase("dork", "jerk", "dorkjerk", "jerkdork");
        if  (isInvalidWord) {
          console.printf("You cannot use that word. Try again \n\n");
        }
      } while (isInvalidWord);
      String adverb = console.readLine("Enter an adverb:  ");
      String verb = console.readLine("Enter a verb ending with -ing:  ");

      console.printf("My TreeStory\n-----------------------\n");
      console.printf("%s is very %s and the %s\n", name, adjective, noun);
      console.printf("while %s is, finaly verb is %s\n", adverb, verb);
    }
}

I can go further in my learning, but I really want to try these Extra credits from the lesson

• There is a method on string called contains. It checks to see if one string is contained within the other. This seems like a good way to build a master list of words that are not allowed. Why don't see if what they typed is in a long string of bad words.
• After you get that working, attempt to take case into account. If your list of bad words that you maintain is all lower cased, you can check the lower case version of the input in the bad string. How do you make a string lowercase?

I have the same issue. Can anyone explain? Thank you.

I was solve the problem with one bad word. Still trying to figure out with multiple. Is this code ok?

String noun; boolean isInvalidWord; do{
noun = console.readLine("Enter a noun: "); CharSequence ch; ch=("dork"); isInvalidWord=noun.contains(ch);

      if (isInvalidWord) {
      console.printf("Be polite. Try again.\n\n");
        }
  } while (isInvalidWord);