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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Censoring Words - Looping Until the Value Passes

Jonny Patterson
Jonny Patterson
7,099 Points
Posted by Jonny Patterson
Jonny Patterson
7,099 Points

Using toLowerCase()

In the extra credit exercise I could only get toLowerCase() to work by doing the following:

String noun;
String badWord = "nerd"; 
boolean isInvalidWord;

      do {
        noun = console.readLine("Enter a noun:  ");
        String lower = noun.toLowerCase();
        isInvalidWord = lower.contains(badWord);
            if (isInvalidWord) {
              console.printf("That language is not allowed.  Try again.");
            }
      } while(isInvalidWord);

Whilst this appears to work correctly, I am concerned it is verbose. Is there a better way to do this?

Regarding the "bad word" list, this only appears to work with more than one word if 'noun' matches what is stored in the 'badWord' string exactly. Would the correct way to create a bad word list be to use an array?

1 Answer

Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points
Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

In Java just as in pure mathematics there are lots of ways to do things and not one "correct" way. I answered this problem this way:

noun = console.readLine("Enter a noun:  ");
noun = noun.toLowerCase();
while(badWord.contains(noun)) {
     noun = console.readLine("Hey thems fighting words try again: ");
}
Jonny Patterson
Jonny Patterson
7,099 Points
Jonny Patterson
Jonny Patterson
7,099 Points

Thank you for taking the time to reply and sharing your solution. Helpful to see other approaches!