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939 Pointsguys really stuck on this task 2 of 2.
bool hasBonus; int powerPoint = 5; if ( hasBonus <= powerPoint) { hasBonus = false; } else ( hasBonus >= powerPoint) { hasBonus = true; }
bool hasBonus;
int powerPoints = 5;
if (hasBonus <= powerPoints) {
hasBonus = false; }
else (hasBonus >= PowerPoints) {
hasBonus = true; }
2 Answers
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 PointsHey there! Unfortunately, the link to the assignment is missing, so I'll try to give you a more general answer:
With this code, you are trying to compare a boolean with an int. I added comments with pseudo code, so you can see what I mean:
bool hasBonus;
int powerPoints = 5;
// if (bool hasBonus <= int powerPoints) {
if (hasBonus <= powerPoints) {
hasBonus = false; }
// if (bool hasBonus >= int powerPoints) {
else (hasBonus >= PowerPoints) {
hasBonus = true; }
What you are most likely up to is comparing the powerPoints
to another int, so you can assign true
or false
to hasBonus
when the player has the needed power points to get the bonus. This could look like this:
bool hasBonus;
int powerPoints = 5;
// If player has 10 power points or more...
if(powerPoints >= 10) {
// ...player will get the bonus
hasBonus = true
// ... in every other case, that is any int that is lower than 10...
} else {
// ...player won't get the bonus
hasBonus = false
}
Again, see how that applies to your challenge.
Hope that helps :)
Michael Lazarz
15,135 PointsA'Bool' data type only contains 'True' and 'False' values. But because you did not assign a value to 'hasBonus' it does not contain any value. So essentially you are comparing a 'null' value to an integer value which is why it won't work. If your goal is to set the 'Bool' value then you need to compare the int value to another int value. Also, an 'else' statement does not use a comparison statement; it simply evaluates if the 'if' statement is false.
bool hasBonus;
int powerPoints = 5;
if (powerPoints <= 5) {
hasBonus = false;
} else {
hasBonus = true;
}