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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Posted by Carla Barrios
Carla Barrios
636 Points

How do I fix JavaTester.java122: error: I cannot find symbol?

I was trying to write a do while loop in which the code continue running as long the response is "No".

Adomas Domeika
Adomas Domeika
6,151 Points
Adomas Domeika
Adomas Domeika
6,151 Points

Can you please show your code? Because it is impossible to say what the problem is without seeing the code...

Carla Barrios
Carla Barrios
636 Points

String response = console.readLine("Do you understand do while loops"); do { String noun = console.readLine( "Enter a noun"); if(noun.equalsAllowCase("No")) console.printf("No./n/n"); }while(noun.equalsAllowCase("No"));

1 Answer

Adomas Domeika
Adomas Domeika
6,151 Points
Adomas Domeika
Adomas Domeika
6,151 Points

There is no such method as equalsAllowCase - it should be equalsIgnoreCase.

Just tested the code, the thing is - if you declare the variable in brackets - {}, then it is unreachable after them. So, in 'do, while' loop the noun is declared in do, this means, that while doesn't know what the hell is this variable - noun. What fixed the problem - declare the variable noun in the second line of the code.