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Java

Posted by Surya D.
Surya D.
629 Points

Question on Java Challenge (I finished it, but when I tested the code, it was full with errors)

So I got a challenge that had the following 3 tasks:

  1. Task 1: Prompt the user with the question "Do you understand do while loops?" Store the result in a new String variable named response.
  2. Task 2: Now continually prompt the user in a do while loop. The loop should continue running as long as the response is No. Don't forget to declare response outside of the do while loop.
  3. Task 3: Finally, using console.printf print out a formatted string that says "Because you said <response>, you passed the test!"

This is my code:

     // I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response; 
  boolean isInvalidWord;
  do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?\n  ");
    isInvalidWord = (response.equalsIgnoreCase("no"));

          if (isInvalidWord); {
            console.printf("Try Again");
          }
                     } while(isInvalidWord);
console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test!\n", response);

3 Answers

Kathryn Ann
Kathryn Ann
10,071 Points
Kathryn Ann
Kathryn Ann
10,071 Points

Check for unnecessary semicolons - there's one within the loop that shouldn't be there!

Ryan Burgess
Ryan Burgess
5,961 Points
Ryan Burgess
Ryan Burgess
5,961 Points

You're doing more than whats asked. I run into this problem a lot lol.

String response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?: "); if (response.equalsIgnoreCase("no")) {}

Hussein Musse
Hussein Musse
3,024 Points
Hussein Musse
Hussein Musse
3,024 Points

ok who can do task3