How do I loop until the user makes correct input on Java?

Question

import java.util.Scanner;

public class SecretWord {
  public static void main( String[] args ) {

    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    String secret = \"         


        

Answer 1

Use a while loop instead,

while (!guess.equals(secret)) {
    if( guess.equals(secret) ) {
        System.out.println( "enter" );
    } else {
        System.out.println( "try again" ); {
        System.out.println("Secret word")
        guess = input.next();
    }
}

Apart from this, the for loop have the following syntax,

for (before, conditionsIsTrue, end)

This means that for you the loop will be like this,

for(int i=0; if(guess.equals(secret)), i++)

Since this condition will never hold for the first loop you will never enter the for loop at all.

You can also use do-while which uses a post test,

do {
    System.out.println("Secret word")
    guess = input.next();
    if( guess.equals(secret) ) {
        System.out.println( "enter" );
    } else {
        System.out.println( "try again" ); {
    }
} while (!guess.equals(secret));