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I'm trying to make my program work with a new input instead of the old one when the user clicks an option from the options menu
I don't what the problem that is not causing the program to continue with the new input instead of the old one. thanks in advance.
public static String optionSix (String input)
{
String newInput;
Scanner scnr = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.println("Enter List of Words Seperated by Spaces: ");
newInput = scnr.nextLine();
input = newInput;
return input;
}

Java is pass-by-value, so you can't override a string's value like that. You'll have to assign the new value to it:
public static void main(String args[]) {
String someOldString = "some old value";
someOldString = optionSix(); // No need to pass the original value either
}

how to use IF else inside Do while loop [closed]

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I want to Make a game Enter ATM pin with only 5 chances if you guess the correct pin it will stop automatic, and if Chances = 0 it will stop also,
int answer, chances = 5;
do{
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter your Bank ATM pin : ");
answer= scan.nextInt();
chances--;
}while(chances > 0);
}

You can do something like that:
int answer, chances = 5;
boolean authorized=false
do{
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter your Bank ATM pin : ");
answer= scan.nextInt();
if(answer.equals("ok")){
authorized=true;
}else{
chances--;
}
}while(chances > 0 || authorized);
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I have to obtain the user's birth month in int form and store as variable for print out later [closed]

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Here is the code I have.
//input
System.out.println("Using numbers, in what month were you born? ");
String **userMonth** = input.nextLine();
// also tried int **userMonth** = input.nextInt();
It does not work either way.
userMonth will not "activate?" (sorry noob and don't know all terms)
When tried to call later in program error:
if (userMonth < 3) {
System.out.println("Your vacation home is a van down by a river!");
}
//userMonth cannot be resolved to variable

Very odd that your variables are showing up as **varName** instead of varName.
First use:
int userMonth = 0; // initialize variable.
userMonth = input.nextInt();
But it does not consume the newline ('ENTER').
Therefore, immediately after, consume the newline character via:
input.nextLine();
Also make sure Scanner was declared as
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
Don't forget to close the scanner at the end of program
input.close();

How do I loop a statement til condition is met ?Java [closed]

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Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("1. Do you like computers?");
String input = scanner.nextLine();
if (input.equals("no")) {
System.out.println("You should!");
if (input.equals("yes")){
System.out.println("I like computers too!");
If the user inputs anything else than "yes" or "no", how would i repeat the question til the user inputs "yes" or "no". I am new to java so detailed explanations will help.

Going off of the code nhouser9 provided (which is case-sensitive), one way to check for all variants ("Yes", "YES", "yes") is to use the .toUpperCase() method.
String input = "";
while (!input.toUpperCase().equals("YES") && !input.toUpperCase().equals("NO")) {
input = scanner.nextLine();
}

String input = "";
while (!input.equals("Yes") && !input.equals("No")) {
input = scanner.nextLine();
}
The above should loop until the user has entered a valid input. Note that the input here is case sensitive - you can add more ifs to check for other cases if you need to.

How can I input only integer and this integer will be only ending with zero? [closed]

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I am trying to validate input values to pass only integers that are divisible by 10. The code below is failing.
public static void main(String args[]) {
Scanner scan =new Scanner(System.in);
ArrayList<Integer> liste = new ArrayList<Integer>(); // I have filled my array with integers
int x=scan.nextInt();
int y=x%10;
do{
if(y==0){
liste.add(x);}
else if(y!=0){
System.out.println("It is not valid"); continue;
}
else
{System.out.println("Enter only integer"); continue;
}
}while(scan.hasNextInt()); }
System.out.println(liste);
System.out.println("Your largest value of your arraylist is: "+max(liste));

You're calling scan.nextInt() twice. Each time you call it, it will read another int from the input. Thus, if your input was something like
10
5
13
then the 10 would pass the scan.nextInt()%10==0 check, and then 5 would be added to the list. Store the result of scan.nextInt() in a variable first, so the value won't change.
Instead of
if(scan.nextInt()%10==0){
liste.add(scan.nextInt());}
do
int num = scan.nextInt();
if(num%10 == 0){
liste.add(num);
}