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Java

Is the website broken or did i make an error in my java code?

My code:

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 atleast 13 to use this program.\n"); 
      System.exit(0);
    }
    String name = console.readLine("Enter a name:  ");
    String adjective = console.readLine("Enter an adjective:  ");
    String noun;
    do {
      noun = console.readLine("Enter a noun:  ");
      if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") || 
          noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk")) {
        console.printf("That language is not allowed. Try again. \n\n");
      }
    } while((noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk"));
    String adverb = console.readLine("Enter an adverb:  ");
    String verb = console.readLine("Enter a verb ending with -ing:  ");

  console.printf("Your TreeStory:\n---------------------\n");
  console.printf("%s is a %s %s.  ", name, adjective, noun);
  console.printf("They are always %s %s.  \n", adverb, verb);
}

}

Console output: treehouse:~/workspace$ javac TreeStory.java && java TreeStory
TreeStory.java:29: error: ')' expected
} while((noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk"));
^
1 error

1 Answer

It's telling you that you have an error on line 29. You either need a parenthesis or to remove one. I would suggest removing the extra parenthesis before noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork"), so it should look like...

} while (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork") || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk"));