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I am doing this Task..
Challenge Task 2 of 3
Now continually prompt the user in a do while loop. The loop should continue running as long as the response is No. Don't forget to declare response outside of the do while loop.
Here is my answer :
String response;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand");
  if(response.equals("no")) {
    console.printf("again"); 
  }
  while(response.equals("no"));
Turns out there are tons of complier errors, I can't even guess what is wrong! lol
```Example.java
// I have initialized a java.io.Console for you. It is in a variable named console.
Challenge Task 2 of 3
Now continually prompt the user in a do while loop. The loop should continue running as long as the response is No. Don't forget to declare response outside of the do while loop.
String response;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand");
  if(response.equals("no")) {
    console.printf("again"); 
  }
  while(response.equals("no"));
```

Jennifer Nordell · Accepted Answer

Hi there!  The reason you're receiving the compiler errors is because you've got mismatched open and closed curly braces.  In your do while loop you have two open curly braces but only one closed curly brace.  But even if I fix that, it still doesn't pass.  
You've also included an unnecessary if statement to print something.  But when I remove that, it still doesn't pass. 
The strings you are checking for should be "No" ... not "no".  Note the capitalization.  So if I remove the unnecessary if statement, fix the closed curly braces, and change the capitalization of no, it passes.  Take a look:
```java
String response;
do {
  response = console.readLine("Do you understand");
  } while(response.equals("No"));
```
:information_source:  While this does not cause the challenge to fail, I'd point out also that the "Do you understand" does not meet the specifications for the challenge.  In some instances this will cause the challenge to fail.  The correct question should be "Do you understand do while loops?".
Hope this helps! :sparkles:

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