Java looping 3 times before giving correct output

Question

I'm making an application that quizzes you on politics or astronomy.

My problem is that when you say "politics" or you say "astronomy", it will ask you again 2 more times for your input, before giving the desired output of "test".

Here's the code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        do {
            if (getAnswer().equalsIgnoreCase("neither")) {
                System.out.println("Please enter \'astronomy\' or \'politics\'.");
            }
        getAnswer();
        }
        while(getAnswer().equalsIgnoreCase("neither"));
    System.out.println("test");
    }
    public static String getAnswer() {
        Scanner quizType = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Would you like to be quizzed on politics or astronomy?");
        String typeAnswer = quizType.next();
        if (typeAnswer.equalsIgnoreCase("politics")) {
            return "politics";
        }
        else if (typeAnswer.equalsIgnoreCase("astronomy")) {
            return "astronomy";
        }
        else {
            return "neither";
        }
    }
}

Any ideas?
Thanks

Answer 1

There no need to getAnswer() 3 times, just getAnswer() into a String variable and you are good to go.

Like this:

public static void main(String[] args) {
        String answer = "";
        do {
            answer = getAnswer();
            if (answer.equalsIgnoreCase("neither")) {
                System.out.println("Please enter \'astronomy\' or \'politics\'.");
            }
        } while (answer.equalsIgnoreCase("neither"));
        System.out.println("test");
    }

    public static String getAnswer() {
        Scanner quizType = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Would you like to be quizzed on politics or astronomy?");
        String typeAnswer = quizType.next();
        if (typeAnswer.equalsIgnoreCase("politics")) {
            return "politics";
        } else if (typeAnswer.equalsIgnoreCase("astronomy")) {
            return "astronomy";
        } else {
            return "neither";
        }
    }