Loop control for set number of times per loop

Question

Hello everyone,
I am having a problem with an assignment, I have gotten it all to work except one thing. The assignment was to create a quiz asking for the planets in order by using JOptionPane input dialog,loop, and StringBuffer. If the user answers incorrect show a message dialog with a hint and ask the same question again. If the user gets it wrong again, then just move on to the next question. I got it to work except I cant figure out how to make it ask the question again only once if the answer is wrong. Here is what I have so far:
   import javax.swing.*;
    public class SolarSystemQuiz {
       public static void main(String[] args) {
         String answer;
         int i ;
         int count = 0;
         int correct = 0;
         int wrong = 0;
         boolean crt;
         for (i=1; i < 10; ++i) {
            StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer("What is the " + getPlace(i) + " planet in the solar system?");
            do {
               answer = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, str);
               crt = getAnswer(i, answer);
               if (crt) {
                  ++correct;
                  count = 0;
               else{
                  ++count;
                  ++wrong;
            } while ( ! crt && count <= 1);
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You got " + correct +
            " answers correct\n, and " + wrong + " incorrect answers.");
         System.out.println(correct + wrong);
         System.exit(0);
       public static String getPlace(int spot) {
         switch (spot) {
            case 1:
               return "1st";
            case 2:
               return "2nd";
            case 3:
               return "3rd";
            case 4:
               return "4th";
            case 5:
               return "5th";
            case 6:
               return "6th";
            case 7:
               return "7th";
            case 8:
               return "8th";
            case 9:
               return "9th";
            default:
               return "You have created an error, please try again.";
       public static boolean getAnswer(int planet, String guess ) {
         String mercury = "mercury" ;
         String venus = "venus";
         String earth = "earth";
         String mars = "mars" ;
         String jupiter = "jupiter";
         String saturn = "saturn";
         String uranus = "uranus";
         String neptune = "neptune";
         String pluto = "pluto" ;
         switch (planet) {
            case 1:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Mercury")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;  
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with M and has " + mercury.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 2:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Venus")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + venus.charAt(0) + " and has " + venus.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 3:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Earth")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + earth.charAt(0) + " and has " + earth.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 4:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Mars")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + mars.charAt(0) + " and has " + mars.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 5:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Jupiter")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + jupiter.charAt(0) + " and has " + jupiter.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 6:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Saturn")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + saturn.charAt(0) + " and has " + saturn.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 7:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Uranus")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + uranus.charAt(0) + " and has " + uranus.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 8:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Neptune")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + neptune.charAt(0) + " and has " + neptune.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            case 9:
               if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("Pluto")) {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
                  return true;
               else {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                     "not it, the planet starts with " + pluto.charAt(0) + " and has " + pluto.length() + " letters");
                  return false;
            default:
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Not in this universe, try again");
               return false;
   } Thanks for your time,
Brad

Answer 1

This was a perfect example of how fast and easy a fix can be when the OP provides sufficient information and code.