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Thread: User defined classes and loops

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    Default User defined classes and loops

    My code all works fine and I have a user defined class called Circle. When I type "y" or "Y" it will not re run the program.

    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class CircleTest
    {
        public static void main (String [] args)
        {
            String choice;
            do{
     
                Circle crcl1 = new Circle(5.5);
                Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
                System.out.println("Please enter the radius of the circle: ");
                crcl1.setRadius(scan.nextDouble());
     
                System.out.println("\nThe radius of the circle is " + crcl1.getRadius());
                System.out.println("\nThe area of the circle is " + crcl1.getArea());
                System.out.println("\nThe perimeter of the circle is " + crcl1.getPerimeter());
     
                System.out.println("\n\nWould you like to perform another calculation? <Y for yes, N for no> ");
                choice = scan.next();
     
            }while(choice == "y" || choice == "Y");
        }
    }

    This is my user defined class:
    public class Circle
    {
        private double radius;
        private double area;
        private double perimeter;
        double PI = 3.14159;
     
        public Circle (double pRadius)
        {
            radius = pRadius;
        }
        public double getRadius()
        {
            return radius;
        }
        public double setRadius(double newRadius)
        {
            if(newRadius<0)
            {
                System.out.println("Radius cannot be negative.");
            }
            else
            {
                radius = newRadius;
            }
            return radius;
        }
        public double getArea()
        {
            area = PI * radius * radius;
            return area;
        }
        public double getPerimeter()
        {
            perimeter = 2 * PI * radius;
            return perimeter;
        }
    }


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    Default Re: User defined classes and loops

    Add a println statement to print out the value of choice after it is read so you can see what the computer sees when it executes the while statement.

    You should use the equals() method for comparing String objects. The == operator is for primitives.
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    Default Re: User defined classes and loops

    I added the print out statement after the while statement and it did print what I input into choice onto the display. It just won't run the program again.

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