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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Posted by Pierce Mulligan
Pierce Mulligan
1,106 Points

Compilier Error

I have looked over this code countless times, and even passed the first part of the challenge with the exact same line that will no longer compile. There is an error with the "." of

response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops?"); its the period between console and readLine that is causing the issue.

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

2 Answers

Mat Sanders
Mat Sanders
4,819 Points
Mat Sanders
Mat Sanders
4,819 Points

I would say it would be the next line causing issues. According to the docs of "Console" there is no "equalsIgnoreCase" method that is part of the console. Console DOCS:

Kumar Bharath H N
Kumar Bharath H N
8,324 Points
Kumar Bharath H N
Kumar Bharath H N
8,324 Points

Hi Mulligan,

There is tiny mistake in your code, console doesn't have "equalsIgnoreCare" method that you are trying to call on the console object. Strings have that method and since response is your String object you have to call equalsIgnoreCare on response variable. your code may have to change to,

  invalidAnswer = response.equalsIgnoreCase("no");

Hope this helps!!

Happy coding, Kumar