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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

dan Keerdijk
dan Keerdijk
1,858 Points
Posted by dan Keerdijk
dan Keerdijk
1,858 Points

iam stuck can someone help me with the code

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

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

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

The challenge wants you to use a formatted string, rather than a concatenated string. To do this, you simply create a single string containing the full message (no need to add three strings together), and where you want the value of the response variable to go, place %s - this is a placeholder. Then pass the response variable as the second argument to the printf method.