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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
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Posted by Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
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I am new to Java and i don't understand what to do

as i said in the header i am not sure what to do, i thought i did this right but apperantly i didn't

Example.java 
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
String response = console.printf("Do you understand do while loops?");

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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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They're asking you to "prompt the user" which means to say, you're asking for something and then accepting their answer and storing it in a variable. The method you want is readLine instead of printf. printf is just going to print out a message but not accept any input. readLine will both print out and accept input.