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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

tayo mogaji
tayo mogaji
3,312 Points
Posted by tayo mogaji
tayo mogaji
3,312 Points

looping until the value passes : challenge task 3 of 3

can someone please help explain to me where i'm going wrong?

thank you

Example.java 
// 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?   ");  
  response = console.printf("because you said <response>, you passed the test!");
  isInvalidWord = (response.equalsIgnoreCase("no"));

  if (isInvalidWord) {
  console.printf("try again");
  }
} while(isInvalidWord);

1 Answer

Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points

They wanted you to place the last task outside of the do while loop to indicate that the user passed the test. The code below works and it has the console.printf formatted correctly. 

// 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 (isInvalidWord) {
  console.printf("try again");
  }
} while(isInvalidWord);

console.printf("Because you said %s, you passed the test!", response);