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Start your free trialJoanna Deirmendjian
674 Points'String cannot be converted to boolean'
Hey there, sorry for the bother.
I am overlooking either a closing bracket or mistyped something here that I cannot for the life of me find, that is giving me the error message:
./Prompter.java:12: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converted to boolean
String guessAsString = console.readline("Enter a letter: ");
^
Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose to get full output
1 error
Hangman.java:
public class Hangman {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Enter amazing code here:
Game game = new Game("treehouse");
Prompter prompter = new Prompter(game);
boolean isHit = prompter.promptForGuess();
if (isHit) {
System.out.println("We got a hit!");
} else {
System.out.println("Whoops that was a miss");
}
}
}
Prompter.java:
import java.io.Console;
public class Prompter { private Game mGame;
public Prompter(Game game) { mGame = game; }
public boolean promptForGuess() { Console console = System.console(); String guessAsString = console.readline("Enter a letter: "); char guess = guessAsString.charAt(0); return mGame.applyGuess(guess); } }
If anyone can point it out to me, I would much appreciate it!
2 Answers
Alexander Nikiforov
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 22,175 PointsTypo in
String guessAsString = console.readline("Enter a letter: ");
Remember camel-case. Should be readLine not readline
Joanna Deirmendjian
674 PointsThank you Alexander! I really appreciate all your help!