Help Me With Java

[DarkGhost368]

Hey, I was coding this do-while loop and it doesn't work properly. everytime I enter a valid entry (N,S,E,W) it repeats the loop. Can someone explain this to me? I'm still new too java.

char heading;
do{
	System.out.println("Enter Direction (N,E,S,W)");
	heading = IN.readLine().toUpperCase().charAt(0);
}while((heading != 'S')||(heading != 'E')||(heading != 'S')||(heading != 'E'));

[Guest]

Pm
x42bn6

ITS HIS ****ING JOB

[SweatyOgre]

Replace your "or" conditionals with "and" conditionals. (&&)

Whenever you have a code problem just look at it logically. Your loop will repeat if the user hasn't entered N or S or E or W. So it will repeat unless the user has entered N, S, E and W which isn't possible.

Comp Sci major here, your whalecum.

Originally Posted by Guest

Pm
x42bn6

ITS HIS ****ING JOB

Last I knew he was a student still, so he probably doesn't have a job programming in Java without a degree.

[x42bn6]

Indeed, but I don't need a degree to help, do I?

Why do you need such stupid ways to read a character?

InputStreamReader reader=new InputStreamReader(System.in);
tmp=reader.read();
ch=(char) tmp;

And the ||s to &&s is correct. By de Morgan's Laws, (heading!='S')||(heading!='E')||(heading!='S')||(h eading!='E')=!((heading=='S')&&(heading=='E')&&(he ading=='S')&&(heading=='E'))=!false=true because heading cannot be multivalued at any one instance. Hence it will loop again, and again, and again, and again, and so on.*