Can't make the inputted string get read in my Java program

March 12, 2022

I am making a program that repeats a word for the length of characters that it has,
such if I were to write "Hello" it would repeat it 5 times. But, as I’m writing it I keep getting an error saying

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
    The method nextLine() is undefined for the type WordLoop
    inputString cannot be resolved

    at WordLoop.main(WordLoop.java:11)

And due to my lackluster knowledge of Java, I have fallen flat on my face. So, any help would be appreciated.

Code:

import java.util.*;

class WordLoop
{
  public static void main (String[] args ) 
  {
    int times;
    //String string = new String(); 
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter word: ");         // Asks for the word
    String string = nextLine();
    while (string = inputString.length())       // loop until the end
    {
      System.out.println(string);
    }
    System.out.println("Done with the loop");
  }
}

>Solution :

This might be what you are looking for:

import java.util.*;

class WordLoop
{
  public static void main (String[] args ) 
  {
    //String string = new String(); 
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Enter word: ");         // Asks for the word
    String string = scan.nextLine();
    int count = 1;
    while (count <= string.length())       // loop until the end
    {
      System.out.println(count + ": " + string);
      count++;
    }
    System.out.println("Done with the loop");
  }
}