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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Receiving Input

I am getting the following error when trying to compile.

ERROR treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Introductions.java
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Introductions.java:8: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converted to boolean
String firstName = console.readline ("What is your name? ");
^
Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose to get full output

1 error

MY CODE import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
    // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
  String firstName = console.readline ("What is your name? ");
  console.printf("My name is %s!\n", firstName);
  console.printf("%s is learning to write java\n",firstName);

} }

1 Answer

console.readLine, instead of console.readline