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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Posted by Saul Osborne
Saul Osborne
936 Points

I Can't Find The Syntax Error

I know I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what.

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?");
String response;
boolean = No;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?  ");
  No = (response.ignoreCase("No");
        if (No) {
        console.printf("Do you understand while loops?  ");
  }
        } while(No);

2 Answers

michaelcodes
michaelcodes
5,604 Points
michaelcodes
michaelcodes
5,604 Points

Hi there! For this task they are actually not requiring that you normalize the output by using the stringName.toLowerCase() method. There is also no need to use a boolean switch for the while loop, we can just use the direct input from the response variable to only run while it is equal to "No". This would look something like this:

String response;
do {
 response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?  ");

       } while(response == "No");
Saul Osborne
Saul Osborne
936 Points
Saul Osborne
Saul Osborne
936 Points

Thank you so much, this has helped me to understand the functionality and simplicity of the "do while" loop.