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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Looping until the value passes

Ranjen Naidu
Ranjen Naidu
2,474 Points

Unable to solve perfecting prototype challenge

Hi i already tried solve the challenge , it is running well in my workspace but still showing as BUMMER. May be i dont understand the questions . Can you guide me what's wrong with my code attached ?

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 isBanana;
            do{ 
            console.printf("Knock Knock.\n");
            who = console.readLine("Who's there?  ");
            isBanana = who.equalsIgnoreCase("banana");
                if(isBanana){
                who = console.readLine("%s who?\n", who);
                }
            }while(isBanana);
            console.printf("%s who?\n", who);
            console.printf("%s you glad I didn't say Banana again?",who);
            // ==== END PROMPTING CODE ====
    }

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

2 Answers

Ratul Sarna
PLUS
Ratul Sarna
Courses Plus Student 11,618 Points

You don't need the if conditional inside the do while loop. Instead that whole if conditional should be replaced by the following line

console.printf("%s who?\n", who);

And then this statement should not exist after the do while loop ends. That should get you through the challenge.

Ranjen Naidu
Ranjen Naidu
2,474 Points

Thanks , it works ! :)