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3,211 PointsJava error "String cannot be converted to boolean"
Just tried to run and I receive this error:
treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Introductions.java
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
The 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? ");
//thisIsAnExampleOfCamelCasing
console.printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);
console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java\n", firstName);
}
}
5 Answers
Kevin Wharton
3,211 PointsFound the problem! I didn't have a capital L for the "console.readLine"
David Hinton
3,070 PointsI kept going over it , also missed the "L" got to keep an eye out for those!
channonhall
12,247 Pointsme too!
Joey Sadowski
1,361 PointsI did the same thing. Thanks for helping
Grayson Lange
575 PointsThank you Kevin, I was missing a capital L as well!
Emily Ward
720 PointsEmily Ward
720 PointsThanks! I did that too!