exiting a while loop with a string

[Aldius]

Hello all...I seem to be having some trouble exiting a while loop with a string. This feels really embarrassing but here is my code:

private static String strDifficulty()
{
String strDif;

strDif = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What difficulty setting would you like? Hard or easy?");

while (!strDif.equalsIgnoreCase("easy") || !strDif.equalsIgnoreCase("hard"));
{
strDif = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter in either 'hard' or 'easy'. Thank you.");
}
return strDif;
}
}

unfortunately I'm stuck in a while loop. any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all :).

[pbrockway2]

Pick a number between 1 and 1000 (but don't say what it is).

The number you picked was either not equal to 42 or it was not equal to 666.

Perhaps you don't really mean "!equals()||!equals()" in the condition of your while loop.

[Aldius]

lol, thanks. I think i should take a logic course.

[pbrockway2]

You're welcome. It's usually enough to say these things out loud to pick up what the problem is. But if you do want the formal treatment of how not "distributes" over and and or, check out De Morgan's laws.