Need help with loop:

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
public class Spam
{
public static void main(String[] args)
  {
  String s; 
  s = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Please insert Spam");
   
  String j;
  j = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(" Please insert number of spam");
 
  int i = 1;
      do
      {
        System.out.println(s);
        i++;
      }
  [COLOR="#FF0000"][COLOR="#B22222"]while ((i = 10) + j);[/COLOR][/COLOR]
  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "you console was spammed " + s);
 
 
      System.exit (0);
  }

  }

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I am attempting to make it so it loops the input the user made at the number of times the user said. Sorry, im a beginner to java coding.

The thing in while part has to be a condition like "i is less than j". I'm not sure what condition you have there.

(In general, if the compiler grumbles and you can't understand the message, post the message and say what line it refers to.)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by pbrockway2

The thing in while part has to be a condition like "i is less than j". I'm not sure what condition you have there.

(In general, if the compiler grumbles and you can't understand the message, post the message and say what line it refers to.)

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yes, the error is
File: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\mods\Spam.java [line: 18]
Error: Type mismatch: cannot convert from java.lang.String to boolean

Yes - it's a rather cryptic message. [i]j[ij] is a String, and i=10 is an int. So the compiler will interpret (i=10)+j as a string. (Something like "10666" if the number of spam was entered as the string "666"). Now a string is not a boolean (the compiler's name for a condition) so you get the message.

Don't try and understand all that. Although the bit about the response to the "please insert a number" prompt being an String was interesting. Instead focus on replacing the condition you had with something like the condition "i is less than j".

I can get it with out the error, but I cannot make it so that I have the input from the user say the number for the amount of loops it makes. Does anyone know how to do that?