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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Compiler Error

JavaTester.java:108: error: variable who might not have been initialized isInvalidWord = (who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana"));

KnockKnock.java
/*  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:
String who;
boolean isInvalidWord;
do{
  isInvalidWord = (who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana"));
  {
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?  ");

// Person B responds:
  {
console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
  }
} while(isInvalidWord);

// ==== END PROMPTING CODE ====

1 Answer

James Tyranski
James Tyranski
3,957 Points
// Person A asks:
String who;
boolean isInvalidWord;
do{
  isInvalidWord = (who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana"));
  {
console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
  }

On the first line you declare the variable 'who' as a String, but within your 'do' loop, you are trying to compare it to the text 'banana'. There is nothing in the 'who' variable. You could try initializing the who variable in the declaration:

String who = "banana";