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Thread: How to loop it to where the user may keep inserting links until they insert, "end."

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    Post How to loop it to where the user may keep inserting links until they insert, "end."

    I'm messing around with different libraries in Java and decided to make a program that redirects the user to the link they input into the program. It works but works only once. I would like for the user to keep inserting as many links as they'd like, one at a time, and have the program only end when they insert the keyword, "end"

    What I have thus far:
    (In the code you don't see where I try to have it loop because I'm unsure of how to start, I thought about using a String for the keyword, "end" then implementing an if statement where should they enter "end" it'll then stop but I was unable to have it work)
    import java.awt.Desktop;
    import java.net.URI;
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class ProgramURLLaucher {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     
    		System.out.println("Input URL:");
    		Scanner scan =  new Scanner(System.in);
    		String link = scan.next();
    		Desktop userDesktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
    		userDesktop.browse(new URI(link));
     
    	}//end main
     
    }//end class

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    Default Re: How to loop it to where the user may keep inserting links until they insert, "end."

    Where is the loop and the test for end?
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    Default Re: How to loop it to where the user may keep inserting links until they insert, "end."

    There is no loop in the code because that is part of my question. I don't know where to insert the loop and what parameters to use for it.

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    Default Re: How to loop it to where the user may keep inserting links until they insert, "end."

    Ok, what statements need to be inside the loop?
    Then what keeps the code executing the loop and when will the code be able to exit the loop?

    begin loop
    ask question
    get user response
    exit loop if user said to exit
    do some stuff
    end loop

    Have you seen the tutorial on loops: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutor...lts/while.html
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