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Error showing if who.equalsIgnoreCase there in do while loop. but i have written it in do while loop. Confused

Error showing if who.equalsIgnoreCase there in do while loop. but i have written it in do while loop. Confused

KnockKnock.java
/*  So the age old knock knock joke goes like this:

    Person A:  Knock Knock.
    Person B:  Who's there?
    Person A:  Banana
    Person B:  Banana who?
    ...as long as Person A has answered Banana the above repeats endlessly
    ...assuming the person answers Orange we'd see
    Person B:  Orange who?
    ...and then the punchline.
    Person A:  Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?
    (It's a really bad joke that makes it sound like "Aren't you glad I didn't say Banana again?")

    Let's just assume the only two words passed in from the console from Person B are either banana or orange.
*/

// ====BEGIN PROMPTING CODE====

// Person A asks:
console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
String who;
boolean ifBanana;
do{
// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who:
who = console.readLine("Who's there?  ");
  ifBanana = who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana");
  if(ifBanana){
    who = console.readLine("Who's there?  ");
  }
}while(ifBanana);
// Person B responds:
console.printf("%s who?\n", who);

// ==== END PROMPTING CODE ====

1 Answer

Yongshuo Wang
Yongshuo Wang
5,500 Points

Please see following code, you don't need add the if condition inside the do-while loop. Because the while has same condition. I hope this can help you.

do{
// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who:
  who = console.readLine("Who's there?  ");
  ifBanana = who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana");

}while(ifBanana);

Thanks a lot Yongshuo. Code is working now :)