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Boolean Expression in a Loop's Test

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Answer:

The test part of the loop can use the OR operator to allow several choices.

Boolean Expression in a Loop's Test

The test part of a loop (any of the three varieties) is a boolean expression. We want a boolean expression that evaluates to true if the user enters:

and evaluates to false for anything else. Here is a near-complete expression:

( chars.equals( "yes" )   chars.equals( "YES" )   
  chars.equals( "y" )     chars.equals( "Y" )  )

QUESTION 8:

Fill in the blanks.