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Java

Abdullah Nazeer
Abdullah Nazeer
239 Points
Posted by Abdullah Nazeer
Abdullah Nazeer
239 Points

Hi , what's wrong with my code?

import java.io.Console;

public class TreeStory {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
  String name= console.readLine("What's Your name   /n");
  String race= console.readLine("Which race do you belong to  /n ");
  String monthOfBirth= console.readLine(" Which month were you born on/n");
  String ageAsString= console.readLine(" How old are you   /n "   );
  int age=Integer.parseInt(ageAsString);
  String noun;
 do{
    noun= console.readLine("Please type in a noun    ");
   if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork")|| 
      noun.equalsIgnoreCase("FreaK")){
    console.printf("This language is not allowed, Try again");
    } while (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork")|| 
      noun.equalsIgnoreCase("FreaK"));
    if(age<13)
    {console.printf("Sorry you can't use this site\n");
    System.exit(0);} 

}

}

1 Answer

Robert Stefanic
Robert Stefanic
35,170 Points
Robert Stefanic
Robert Stefanic
35,170 Points

Your brackets are a bit off. In your code, the curly bracket before your while loop closes your "if statement" that's nested within your do/while loop, and not the do/while loop that you have.

Try this:

public class TreeStory {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console console = System.console();
        String name = console.readLine("What's Your name   /n");
        String race = console.readLine("Which race do you belong to  /n ");
        String monthOfBirth = console.readLine(" Which month were you born on/n");
        String ageAsString = console.readLine(" How old are you   /n ");
        int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString);
        String noun;
        do {
            noun = console.readLine("Please type in a noun    ");
            if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") ||
                    noun.equalsIgnoreCase("FreaK")) {
                console.printf("This language is not allowed, Try again");
            }
        } while (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("FreaK"));
        if (age < 13) {
            console.printf("Sorry you can't use this site\n");
            System.exit(0);
        }
    }
}