Re: simplest problem ever

Sigmund Hansen wrote:
Gordon Beaton wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:03:07 +0100, Christo wrote:
while ((mFood != "Y") || (mFood != "N"))
{
mFood = User.inputString("ENTER Y for food or N for no food");
}

well i think the code should say what i want to do

when i uinput Y i want the loop to end, same if i input N

but the loop isnt ending

There are two problems here:

- to compare Strings, use String.equals(), not ==.

- The loop condition says to continue as long as the input is unequal
to either "Y" or "N". Since this is true of *every* String, the loop
will never end. Change the condition to && (and) instead.

/gordon


You might also want to use equalsIgnoreCase instead of just equals,
but that depends on whether or not your inputString method returns only uppercase strings, or differentiates between input strings.

You might also want to actually change the value of mFood each pass through the loop...
.

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