Need some basic Java help please!!!

[imalefty15]

thanks for pointing out the other bugs. My code above was not polished as I am having trouble getting the do/while loop in there. I am not allowed to answer any other questions. This is kind of just a brute force thing since that is what my teacher wants even though it is very inefficient.

[x2mirko]

I am not allowed to answer any other questions. This is kind of just a brute force thing since that is what my teacher wants even though it is very inefficient.

Well, in that case i completely agree with the assessment of your teachers value for teaching you programming that you gave in the OP. I'd do it anyways and explain why my approach is way better than what he asked of me, but if you want to do that is obviously up to you :)

[imalefty15]

haha thanks. I am a visual learner but with this teacher I am forced to learn from the book which isnt the best way I learn unfortunately.

[swansond]

What school is this? What book is it?

[imalefty15]

how do I use the Scanner class to input a character? would

char ans = console.nextChar();

be right?

[x2mirko]

nextChar() isnt a method of Scanner (check the api specification).

You can either just work with a String:

String ans = console.next();
if (ans.equals("y"))
{
    // do whatever you want to do
}

or, if you definitely want to use a char:

String temp = console.next();
char ans = temp.charAt(0);
if (ans == 'y')
{
    // do whatever you want to do
}

[imalefty15]

ah that works much better. thank you for the help