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adam Holthausen
478 Pointsneed help asap
i am doing the exercise for 'censoring words looping until the value passes' in basic java i have received this error and dont know what it means please help
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console. String response = console.readLine("Do you understand loops? "); do { while ( response.equals("No") ) { }; }
Here is the error i received :
JavaTester.java:125: error: while expected } ^ JavaTester.java:132: error: illegal start of expression taskNumber = 1; ^ JavaTester.java:132: error: ')' expected taskNumber = 1; ^ 3 errors
2 Answers

Tom Achki
3,680 PointsString response;
do {
response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops? " );
} while(response == "No");

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17,047 Pointsforamt ur code properly