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Tinashe Nyaruwanga
525 PointsStuck on part 2 of the Knock Knock challenge. The code seems fine to me, but i keep getting an error message.
My code is as follows:
// Person A asks: boolean answer; String who; do{ console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who: who = console.readLine("Who's there? "); answer= (who.equalsIgnoreCase("Banana")); if(who.equalsIgnoreCase("Orange")) {console.printf("Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?");}
}while(answer);
// Person B responds: console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
Question. am I missing anything. Should I include the text in the brackets? If so how cos its messing up the code when i try to include it?
/* 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:
boolean answer;
String who;
do{
console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who:
who = console.readLine("Who's there? ");
answer= (who.equalsIgnoreCase("Banana"));
if(who.equalsIgnoreCase("Orange"))
{console.printf("Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?");}
}while(answer);
// Person B responds:
console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
// ==== END PROMPTING CODE ====
3 Answers
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherPretty close !!!
I think if you remove the if statement it will pretty much work. After the do while loop you write the punchline. The punchline only happens after the person stops saying banana, so that is right after the loop. Make sure to use your who variable.
daniela3
1,554 PointsHere is what got me through
String who;
do {
console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
who = console.readLine("Who's there? ");
console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
} while (who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana"));
Tinashe Nyaruwanga
525 PointsI am not sure if this is what you meant, but I've used who variable. It works on the workspace but not on the challenge. Where did i go wrong?
boolean answer; String who; do{ console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who: who = console.readLine("Who's there? "); answer = (who.equalsIgnoreCase("Banana")); }while(answer);
who.equalsIgnoreCase("Orange"); console.printf("Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?");
// Person B responds: console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
By the way Daniel, I am now on the 2nd part of the challenge.
daniela3
1,554 Pointsm8, this is the code that got me through the whole challenge when I did it last night. It is supposed to be: String who; do { console.printf("Knock Knock.\n"); who = console.readLine("Who's there? "); console.printf("%s who?\n", who); } while (who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana"));
Your welcome.
Tinashe Nyaruwanga
525 PointsI am not sure if this is what you meant, but I've used who variable. It works on the workspace but not on the challenge. Where did i go wrong?
boolean answer; String who; do{ console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
// Person B asks and Person A's response is stored in the String who: who = console.readLine("Who's there? "); answer = (who.equalsIgnoreCase("Banana")); }while(answer);
who.equalsIgnoreCase("Orange"); console.printf("Orange you glad I didn't say Banana again?");
// Person B responds: console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
Tinashe Nyaruwanga
525 PointsThanks a lot guys with all your help. Its fine now.