Thread: Simple fix for simple program

Hello forum, new here and a beginner to java. I have a small program with input, output and a switch statement.

What I need, is for the program to take in answers and compare them to the variable.

Code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Dutch {

public static void main(String[] args)
{
answer();
}

static void answer()
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String name = "";
String theAnswer = "";
boolean answering = true;

System.out.println("Enter answers: " + "\n");

while(answering == true)
{
switch(1)
{
case 1:
{
while(answering == true)
{
theAnswer = input.nextLine();
if(theAnswer.equals("hond") || theAnswer.equals("Hond"))
{
System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");
} else
{
System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
}
}
}
case 2:
{
while(answering == true)
{
theAnswer = input.nextLine();
if(theAnswer.equals("kat") || theAnswer.equals("Kat"))
{
System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");
} else
{
System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
}
}
}

case 3:
while(answering = true)
{
theAnswer = input.nextLine();
if(theAnswer.equals("vis") || theAnswer.equals("Vis"))
{
System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");

} else
System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
}
}
}
}
}

But when I get to "kat" all that comes up is "Oops! Try again!" completely bypassing the original if statement, the first case works as needed, but the rest just don't.. I've been trying to work it out for a few hours now but the code seems fine, maybe just my logic?

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Originally Posted by Norm

Have you tried printing out the contents of the variables that have the values being tested so you can see what the computer sees when it executes the code?

Please copy the contents of the command prompt window and paste it here so we can see what happens.

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Hello there,

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Dutch {
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
	answer();
	}
 
	static void answer()
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		String name = "";
		String theAnswer = "";
		boolean answering = true;
 
		System.out.println("Enter answers: " + "\n");
 
		while(answering == true)
			{
			 switch(1)
			 {
			 case 1: 
			 {
				 while(answering == true)
				 {
				  theAnswer = input.nextLine();
				 if(theAnswer.equals("hond") || theAnswer.equals("Hond"))
				 {
					 System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");
				 } else
				 {
					 System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
				 }
			 }
			 }
			 case 2: 
			 {
				 while(answering == true)
				 {
				  theAnswer = input.nextLine();
				 if(theAnswer.equals("kat") || theAnswer.equals("Kat"))
				 {
					 System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");
				 } else 
				 {
					 System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
				 }
				 }
				 }
 
			 case 3:  
				 while(answering = true)
			 {
				  theAnswer = input.nextLine();
				 if(theAnswer.equals("vis") || theAnswer.equals("Vis"))
				 {
					 System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");
 
				 } else 
					 System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
	}
}
			}
	}
}

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Output:
Enter answers:

hond
Well done! You are correct. Next one.

kat
Oops! Try again!

when it should be
kat
Well done! You are correct. Next one.

Good point, theAnswer variable is not changing from hond to kat, i'm not sure why that is as theAnswer is initialized before the if statements..

Enter answers:

hond
hond
Well done! You are correct. Next one.

hond
hond
Well done! You are correct. Next one.

Hello, I have no clue why it won't change but I rewrote some of the code. Now it's bypassing the if and going straight to else.. no idea again why that is because it's not set up that way.

Now what I'm doing is storing the values in an array called theAnswer and comparing that to "name" which is a string variable you get from user input.

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Arrays;
 
public class Dutch {
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
	answer();
	}
 
	static void answer()
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		String name = "";
		String[] theAnswer = {"hond", "kat", "vis", "vogel", "koe", "muis", "paard", "varken", "vleugel", "Dier"};
		boolean answering = true;
 
 
			 switch(1)
			 {
			 case 1: 
			 {
 
				 for(int i=1; i<=10; i++)
					 {
						 System.out.println("Enter answers: " + "\n");
						 name = input.nextLine();
						 System.out.println(name);
						 if(theAnswer[i] == name)
						 {
						 System.out.println("Well done! You are correct. Next one." + "\n");
						 } else 
						 {
							 System.out.println("Oops! Try again!" + "\n");
						 }
					 } 
					 }
			 }
			 }
	}

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Output:
Enter answers:

hond
hond
Oops! Try again!

Enter answers: