why doesn't my loop continue

[Nobody4406]

I'm trying to write a program that asks the user to enter a single letter untill they enter a (.) They hit enter after each letter, but the loop wont continue. It asks them to enter a letter, then it sks for another letter (because it's not a peroid) but then it just stops. The loop doesnt continue. Even if they enter a peroid the second time, it wont accept it.

 public class J12Q5
// counting letters
{
    public static void main(String[]args) throws IOException
        {
            InputStreamReader inStream = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader(inStream);
 
 
      int counter = 1;
      int Numb;
      int something = 0;
         System.out.println("Please enter a letter.");
        String letters = stdin.readLine();
 
 
          while (something != 1) // does a loop while the letters dots not say peroid.
        {
            if (letters == ".")
                {
                    System.out.println("You entered " + counter + "Letters");
                                        something = 1;
                                        break;
                }
            else
                {
                    System.out.println("please enter another letter.");
                                        letters = stdin.readLine();
                                        counter += 1;
                                        break;
 
                }
 
                  }
      }
}
 

Thanks

[Rabbit]

It's because you break from the loop on line 30