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1,535 Pointsit says my message is not simplified enough and my guessAsString is not correct
public boolean promptForGuess() {
Console console = System.console();
boolean isHit = false;
boolean isValidGuess = false;
while (! isValidGuess) {
String guessAsString = console.readLine("Enter a letter: ");
try {
isHit = mGame.applyGuess(guessAsString);
isValidGuess = true;
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
console.printf("%s. Please try again.\n", iae.getMessage());
}
}
return isHit;
error message:
public boolean promptForGuess() {
Console console = System.console();
boolean isHit = false;
boolean isValidGuess = false;
while (! isValidGuess) {
String guessAsString = console.readLine("Enter a letter: ");
try {
isHit = mGame.applyGuess(guessAsString);
isValidGuess = true;
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
console.printf("%s. Please try again.\n", iae.getMessage());
}
}
return isHit;
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherPlease please please include the error. Also note the timestamp on the comment before this one.
coder5837
1,535 Points./Prompter.java:25: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converte
d to char
isHit = mGame.applyGuess(guessAsString);
^
Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose
to get full output
1 error
this is my error message. but I'm not sure how to upload a snapshot onto a question?
1 Answer
Allan Clark
10,810 PointsString guessAsString = console.readLine("Enter a letter: ");
try {
isHit = mGame.applyGuess(guessAsString);
The applyGuess() method only accepts a single char. This is trying to send in a String. You will need to trim down the String to just the first char of the String.
String guessAsChar = guessAsString.charAt(0);
try {
isHit = mGame.applyGuess(guessAsChar);
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherCraig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherOops looks like you posted the code instead of the error message. Can you re-post please