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544 Pointsconsole does not see console.printf ?
console doesnt see my console.printf 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: ");
isInvalidWord = (response.equalsIgnoreCase("No"));
if (response.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")); {
console.printf("because you said yes you passed");
}
} while (isInvalidWord);
1 Answer
Graham Huelscher
7,003 PointsThe issue is that you hard coded the "yes". You need to dynamically pass the response variable into the console.printf.
Try console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test!", response);